Surname Turkalj in modern Croatia

Turkalj families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj and Zagreb. In Cvitović in Slunj every fifth inhabitant had the family name Turkalj.

Prevalence

About 1800 people with faimily name Turkalj live in Croatia today, in 750 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 159 other places, mostly in Zagreb (295), Cvitovic (80), Karlovac (80), Kutina (65), and in Josipdol in Ogulin area (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 36 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), Sweden (5), the United States (5), Austria (4), France (3), Australia (2), Norway (2), Belgium (1), Canada (1), Spain (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Turkalj (including: Turkaly , Turkali ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Turkalj " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in France , and small number of people in Canada. "Turkaly " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Turkali " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Turkey.

Characteristic first names

Željko Turkalj, Goran Turkalj, Mirjana Turkalj, Jarmila Turkalj, Ksenija Turkalj, Kristina Turkalj, Kristian Turkalj, Mile Turkalj, Igor Turkalj, Jasna Turkalj, Dubravko Turkalj, Davorin Turkalj, Ivan Turkalj, Tihomir Turkalj, Alen Turkalj, Tibor Turkalj, Marijan Turkalj, Ljiljana Turkalj, Zvonko Turkalj

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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