Tonžetić families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Jastrebarsko area. In Hutin in Jastrebarsko area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Tonžetić.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Tonžetić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 7 Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Hutin in Jastrebarsko area (30), Karlovac (25), Zitarka in Samobor area (<5), and in Urinj in Bakr area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Tonžetić is present in two countries on two continents.
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.
