Surname Tonc in modern Croatia

Tonc families are Croats and they are mostly from Orahovica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica area and in Rijeka. In Četekovac in Orahovica area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Tonc.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Tonc live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Cetekovac in Orahovica area (30), Osijek (10), Petrijevci in Valpovo area (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Slatina (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Canada (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Tonc (including: Tontz , Tonz , Tonch and Toncz ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Tonc " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Tonz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Tontz " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Gianni Tonc, Damir Tonc, Jozo Tonc, Nadia Tonc, Dragutin Tonc, Ferdinand Tonc, Ivana Tonc, Andreja Tonc, Ana Tonc, Franjo Tonc, Marija Tonc, Eleonora Tonc, Zlatan Tonc, Vitomir Tonc, Zdenko Tonc, Suzana Tonc, Dražen Tonc, Ivan Tonc, Ferdo Tonc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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