Surname Tonšić in modern Croatia

Tonšić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Brac and in Split.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Tonšić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Selca (20) and Sutivan (15) on the Island of Brac, Split (10), Barbat na Rabu on the Island of Rab (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Tonšić (including: Tonsic , Tonsich and Tonsick ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Tonsic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Tonsich " is used by some 100 people in Argentina and small number in the United States. "Tonsick " is used by small number of people in Brazil and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Tonšić, Julijana Tonšić, Stanko Tonšić, David Tonšić, Darko Tonšić, Žanko Tonšić, Gverino Tonšić, Matko Tonšić, Antonio Tonšić, Orijeta Tonšić, Eleonora Tonšić, Nikita Tonšić, Željko Tonšić, Neda Tonšić, Mario Tonšić, Roko Tonšić, Anđelka Tonšić, Matea Tonšić, Marija Tonšić

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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