Surname Torlak in modern Croatia

Torlak families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Torlak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Split (75), Golubic (15), Pula (<10), Trnovec in Varazdin area (<5), and in Ruzic in Drnis area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Torlak (including: Torlac , Torlach ) is present in 22 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Marko Torlak, Vesela Torlak, Goran Torlak, Joško Torlak, Nikša Torlak, Denisa Torlak, Ante Torlak, Toni Torlak, Nataša Torlak, Mario Torlak, Petar Torlak, Josip Torlak, Nikola Torlak, Asija Torlak, Ivana Torlak, Dinka Torlak, Marija Torlak, Mladenka Torlak, Ivan Torlak

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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