Surname Tomišić in modern Croatia

Tomišić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Tomišići in Pazin area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Tomišić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Tomišić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Pula (45), in Tomisici (30) and Zminj (20) in Pazin area, Rovinj (15), and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (4), Sweden (1), the United States (1), Argentina (1), Australia (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Tomišić (including: Tomisic , Tomisich and Tomissich ) is present in five countries on three continents. "Tomisich " is used by small number of people in Australia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Tomišić, Vladislav Tomišić, Dario Tomišić, Ingrid Tomišić, Igor Tomišić, Boris Tomišić, Kristina Tomišić, Klaudio Tomišić, Matija Tomišić, Nives Tomišić, Marija Tomišić, Maja Tomišić, Nenad Tomišić, Diego Tomišić, Snježana Tomišić, Valter Tomišić, Arsen Tomišić, Ljiljana Tomišić, Daliborka Tomišić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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