Surname Topal in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Topal families are Croats (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Backa, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Topal live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Drnje in Koprivnica area (<10), Jalsevec Breski (<10), Novigrad Podravski in Djurdjevac area (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Topal (including: Topalli , Toppal , Topall , Thopalli , Toppall , Thopal , Thoopal , Toopalli and Toopal ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. "Toppal " is used by few people in the United States. "Toppall " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Thopalli " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Topal, Anđelko Topal, Vinko Topal, Stipo Topal, Mijat Topal, Ivo Topal, Svetlana Topal, Dragan Topal, Mirjana Topal, Lucija Topal, Frano Topal, Marina Topal, Mara Topal, Anto Topal, Jugoslav Topal, Snježana Topal, Ivanka Topal, Marko Topal, Dragica Topal

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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