Surname Turčin in modern Croatia

Turčin families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Ivanec. In places Brlekovo and Mali Komor in Zlatar area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Turčin.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Turčin live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Punikve (20), in Brlekovo (20) and Veliki Komor (15) in Zlatar area, and in Ivanec (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Turčin (including: Turcin , Turchin , Turczyn , Turchyn , Turcín , Turcyn and Turtschin ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Turchin " is used by some 4000 people in Ukraine , about 2000 in Russian Federation , and some 800 people in the United States. "Turtschin " is used by few people in the United States. "Turcyn " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Turčin, Ivan Turčin, Matija Turčin, Rajka Turčin, Robert Turčin, Branko Turčin, Davor Turčin, Vesna Turčin, Željko Turčin, Jasnica Turčin, Anica Turčin, Kornelija Turčin, Božidar Turčin, Danijel Turčin, Zdenkica Turčin, Zlatko Turčin, Stjepan Turčin, Martina Turčin, Tihomir Turčin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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