Surname Tonković in modern Croatia

Tonković families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Otocac , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Sinac in Otocac every seventh inhabitant had the family name Tonković.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Tonković live in Croatia today, in 610 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 56 cities and 119 other places, mostly in Zagreb (260), Sinac (85), Split (65), Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (55), and in Karlovac (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 29 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (10), the United States (6), Germany (4), Austria (4), Belgium (2), Canada (2), and to France (1).
Family name Tonković (including: Tonkovic , Tonkovich , Toncovich , Tonkowich and Tonkowicz ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Tonkovich " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 300 in Belarus , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Tonkowich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Tonković, Stanko Tonković, Tomislav Tonković, Domagoj Tonković, Nikola Tonković, Spomenka Tonković, Zdenko Tonković, Mirjana Tonković, Ivan Tonković, Zoran Tonković, Bela Tonković, Ivana Tonković, Ante Tonković, Miro Tonković, Marija Tonković, Željka Tonković, Maja Tonković, Snježana Tonković, Pavle Tonković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1678 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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