Surname Topić in modern Croatia

Topić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. According to some sources they are from Ogorje near Muc or Mostar area, very rarely Serbs, and Bosniaks (also Bosanska krajina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Trišćani in Rama (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Topić.

Prevalence

About 3400 people with faimily name Topić live in Croatia today, in 1300 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 96 cities and 231 other places, mostly in Zagreb (570), Split (360), Baska Voda in Makarska area (165), Sesvete (160), and in Solin (100).

Outside Croatia

At least 42 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (23), Australia (4), Austria (4), Switzerland (3), the Netherlands (2), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1), the United States (1), Argentina (1), and to Finland (1).
Family name Topić (including: Topic , Topich , Topitsch , Topicz , Topych , Topick , Topics and Topicha ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Topic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 900 in Czech Republic , and some 400 people in the United States. "Topich " is used by some 90 people in Argentina , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Topicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jakša Topić, Željko Topić, Damir Topić, Marin Topić, Dario Topić, Radmila Topić, Elizabeta Topić, Nada Topić, Tamara Topić, Jasenka Topić, Boris Topić, Leila Topić, Mario Topić, Marica Topić, Miroslava Topić, Stanislav Topić, Antea Topić, Tomislav Topić, Ivan Topić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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