Tuksar families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Mursko Sredisce. In Lipovac Hrastinski in Djakovo area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Tuksar.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Tuksar live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Cakovec (25), Lipovac Hrastinski in Djakovo area (20), Mursko Sredisce (20), and in Vratisinec (15) and Selnica (10) in Mursko Sredisce area.
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Austria (1), Germany (1), and to Switzerland (1). Family name Tuksar is present in 6 countries on four continents.
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.
