Surname Turk in modern Croatia

Turkovi almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Cabar. According to some sources they are from Sinj area, very rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Krkač in Vrbovec every second inhabitant had the family name Turk.

Prevalence

About 1600 people with faimily name Turk live in Croatia today, in 730 households. There were 1800 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 185 other places, mostly in Zagreb (215), Cakovec (100), Mursko Sredisce (65), Rijeka (55), and in Gerovo (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 38 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (19), Germany (5), Austria (4), Australia (3), Canada (3), Argentina (2), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Turk (including: Turck , Turc , Tuerk , Thurk , Tuerck , Thuerk , Thuerck , Thourk and Thurck ) is present in 119 countries worldwide. The family name "Turk " is used by some 100000 people in Turkey , about 20000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Pakistan. "Thurk " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Tuerk " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Turk, Drago Turk, Igor Turk, Željko Turk, Zdenka Turk, Rajka Turk, Krunoslav Turk, Mladen Turk, Mirko Turk, Anton Turk, Davor Turk, Ivan Turk, Marija Turk, Marko Turk, Domagoj Turk, Nenad Turk, Krešimir Turk, Želimir Turk, Đuro Turk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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