Surname Turina in modern Croatia

Turina families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Kraljevica , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Senj. In Biljevine in Senj every fourth inhabitant had the family name Turina.

Prevalence

About 550 people with faimily name Turina live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 590 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Rijeka (90), Zagreb (55), Smrika (35), Voloder in Kutina area (30), and in Makarska (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Germany (6), the United Kingdom (5), France (2), Switzerland (2), Austria (1), Argentina (1), and to South Africa (1).
Family name Turina (including: Turrina , Turinah , Turyna and Tuerina ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Tuerina " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Turyna " is used by some 100 people in Poland , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Turina, Zvonimir Turina, August Turina, Nataša Turina, Dalibor Turina, Dražen Turina, Robert Turina, Marko Turina, Nikola Turina, Olga Turina, Dean Turina, Zdenko Turina, Josip Turina, Goran Turina, Mario Turina, Zoran Turina, Dubravko Turina, Nada Turina, Benka Turina

Mentions in sources

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

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