Surname Trgovčić in modern Croatia

Trgovčić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Karlovac. In Barilović in Duga Resa area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Trgovčić.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Trgovčić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Barilovic in Duga Resa area (75), Karlovac (50), Duga Resa (30), Belajske Poljice in Duga Resa area (10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Trgovčić (including: Trgovcic , Trgovcich ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. "Trgovcich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vatroslav Trgovčić, Melita Trgovčić, Ivan Trgovčić, Milan Trgovčić, Jozo Trgovčić, Dragan Trgovčić, Mario Trgovčić, Živko Trgovčić, Dražen Trgovčić, Tihomir Trgovčić, Ljubica Trgovčić, Ljubinko Trgovčić, Drago Trgovčić, Ivica Trgovčić, Klaudio Trgovčić, Jurica Trgovčić, Petar Trgovčić, Tihana Trgovčić, Božidar Trgovčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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