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Surname Turniški in modern Croatia
Turniški families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Zagreb. In Đurmanec in Krapina area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Turniški.
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Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Turniški live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Djurmanec in Krapina area (45), Zagreb (25), Bjelovar (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Desinic in Pregrada area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Germany (1).
Family name Turniški is present in three countries on three continents.
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Characteristic first names
Miljenko Turniški,
Zdenko Turniški,
Dijana Turniški,
Davor Turniški,
Vlatka Turniški,
Davorka Turniški,
Mirko Turniški,
Dubravka Turniški,
Vedrana Turniški,
Željko Turniški,
Danijel Turniški,
Blaženka Turniški,
Tomica Turniški,
Alojz Turniški,
Srečko Turniški,
Dubravko Turniški,
Stanka Turniški,
Mirna Turniški,
Zlatko Turniški
