Surname Turajlić in modern Croatia

Turajlić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , whereas often Croats (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Petrinja. In Strmen in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Turajlić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Turajlić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Strmen in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (20), Sisak (10), Bobota in Vukovar area (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Petrinja (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Finland (1), the United States (1), Canada (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Turajlić (including: Turajlic , Turajlich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Turajlic " is used by some 90 people in Libya , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Turajlich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Turajlić, Vanja Turajlić, Ivana Turajlić, Zoran Turajlić, Milan Turajlić, Saša Turajlić, Goran Turajlić, Drago Turajlić, Dušan Turajlić, Ljubomir Turajlić, Iva Turajlić, Nikola Turajlić, Vjekoslav Turajlić, Stevan Turajlić, Veljko Turajlić, Vojica Turajlić, Jovanka Turajlić, Ljubica Turajlić, Siniša Turajlić

Mentions in sources

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.

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