Surname Turković in modern Croatia

Turković families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area. According to some sources they are from Moslavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 2100 people with faimily name Turković live in Croatia today, in 880 households. There were 2300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 71 cities and 208 other places, mostly in Zagreb (315), Ogulin (225), Remetinec (85), Varazdin (60), and in Bjelovar (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 50 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (14), Australia (11), Germany (8), Argentina (6), Sweden (6), Switzerland (4), France (3), Canada (3), Norway (1) and to Belgium (1).
Family name Turković (including: Turkovic , Turkovich , Turkowicz , Turkovics , Turcovic , Turcovich and Turkowitsch ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Turkovic " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in Slovakia , and some 300 people in the United States. "Turkovich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , small number in Argentina , and small number of people in Canada. "Turkowitsch " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Turković, Vladimir Turković, Ines Turković, Damir Turković, Vera Turković, Branko Turković, Ksenija Turković, Aleksandra Turković, Veljka Turković, Stjepan Turković, Nevenko Turković, Tomislav Turković, Ivica Turković, Dalibor Turković, Milan Turković, Jasna Turković, Žarko Turković, Mladen Turković, Kristina Turković

Mentions in sources

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

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