Surname Tuma in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tuma families are Croats (from Bjelovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Tuma live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Bjelovar (15), Osijek (<5), Varazdin (<5), Starigrad on the Island of Pasman (<5), and in Stari Skucani in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tuma (including: Tumma , Thumma , Thuma , Theuma , Tumah , Tumaa , Tummaa , Tuema and Tuhma ) is present in 83 countries worldwide. The family name "Tuma " is used by some 4000 people in Czech Republic , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Brazil. "Thuma " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Kenya , and some 400 people in Germany. "Tumma " is used by some 400 people in Madagascar , about 200 in Iraq , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Tuma, Andrea Tuma, Nataša Tuma, Jasmina Tuma, Edmund Tuma, Josef Tuma, Tihomir Tuma, Katica Tuma, Miroslav Tuma, Stanislav Tuma, Eva Tuma, Iztok Tuma, Branka Tuma, Barica Tuma, Stjepan Tuma, Ana Tuma, Jaroslav Tuma, Matija Tuma, Antun Tuma

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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