Surname Tošić in modern Croatia

Tošić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. According to some sources they are from Promine near Knin, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Knin area. In places Đevrske and Razvođe in Knin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Tošić.

Prevalence

About 700 people with faimily name Tošić live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 61 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Split (60), Metkovic (35), Sibenik (35), and in Zadar (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (3), Australia (2), Sweden (2), Canada (2), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Tošić (including: Tosic , Tosich , Toshich , Tossici , Toshic , Tosick , Tossick , Toschich , Tosici and Tossich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Tosic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 50 in Canada , and some 50 people in Austria. "Toshic " is used by few people in the United States. "Tosick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Tošić, Jadran Tošić, Oliver Tošić, Darko Tošić, Emil Tošić, Bojan Tošić, Goran Tošić, Mirta Tošić, Tatjana Tošić, Ankica Tošić, Martina Tošić, Vesna Tošić, Nevenka Tošić, Branka Tošić, Zvonimir Tošić, Lidija Tošić, Josip Tošić, Snežana Tošić, Melani Tošić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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