Surname Troha in modern Croatia

Troha families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. According to some sources they originate from Austria. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cabar. In Stara Sušica in Delnice area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Troha.

Prevalence

About 480 people with faimily name Troha live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Rijeka (30), Stara Susica in Delnice area (25), Prezid (25), and in Orahovica (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (7), Germany (6), the United States (3), Argentina (1), Brazil (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Troha (including: Trocha , Trochta , Trotha and Trochina ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Troha " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 90 in Viet Nam , and some 80 people in Argentina. "Trochta " is used by some 300 people in Czech Republic , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ferdinand Troha, Josip Troha, Sanjin Troha, Krešo Troha, Paula Troha, Neven Troha, Zoran Troha, Saša Troha, Alan Troha, Željko Troha, Mia Troha, Marijan Troha, Davor Troha, Veljko Troha, Domagoj Troha, Sanja Troha, Goran Troha, Vladimir Troha, Slavko Troha

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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