Surname Topalović in modern Croatia

Topalović families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina , barely Serbs and Bosniaks (also from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area) and in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area). In places Zabrđe and Tomašica in Bosnian Krajina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Topalović.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Topalović live in Croatia today, in 470 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 73 cities and 152 other places, mostly in Zagreb (220), Rijeka (50), Bjelovar (35), Osijek (35), and in Zadar (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Austria (6), Switzerland (3), the United States (1), Canada (1), the Netherlands (1), Australia (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Topalović (including: Topalovic , Topalovich ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Topalovic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Austria. "Topalovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Topalović, Mato Topalović, Ante Topalović, Boris Topalović, Marko Topalović, Marinko Topalović, Niko Topalović, Antica Topalović, Duško Topalović, Josip Topalović, Gordana Topalović, Elmir Topalović, Tereza Topalović, Zdenko Topalović, Lovorka Topalović, Željko Topalović, Nevena Topalović, Antonija Topalović, Pejo Topalović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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