Surname Tončić in modern Croatia

Tončić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko , rarely Italians (from Buje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Jastrebarsko. In Kupeć Dol in Jastrebarsko every fifth inhabitant had the family name Tončić.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Tončić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Jastrebarsko (15), Split (10), Mocile (10), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 20 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Canada (5), Argentina (3), the United States (2), Australia (2), and to Sweden (2).
Family name Tončić (including: Toncic , Toncich and Tonchich ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Toncic " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 50 in Pakistan , and small number of people in Brazil. "Toncich " is used by some 70 people in Argentina , small number in Italy , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rajko Tončić, Josip Tončić, Damir Tončić, Dubravka Tončić, Dušan Tončić, Radivoj Tončić, Zdenko Tončić, Dario Tončić, Bruno Tončić, Vedran Tončić, Dinko Tončić, Marina Tončić, Marijan Tončić, Rado Tončić, Ljiljana Tončić, Cinzia Tončić, Danijela Tončić, Dragutin Tončić, Đino Tončić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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