Surname Turopoljac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Turopoljac families are predominantly Croats (from Bjelovar area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja and Bjelovar. In Gornja Bačuga in Petrinja every eighth inhabitant had the family name Turopoljac.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Turopoljac live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Cakovec (<10), Severin in Bjelovar area (<10), Sisak (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Turopoljac is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Darko Turopoljac, Dubravka Turopoljac, Vesna Turopoljac, Goran Turopoljac, Dušan Turopoljac, Slađana Turopoljac, Stevan Turopoljac, Milan Turopoljac, Tihomir Turopoljac, Ivana Turopoljac, Nevenka Turopoljac, Snježana Turopoljac, Tanja Turopoljac, Dora Turopoljac, Kata Turopoljac, Luka Turopoljac, Nikola Turopoljac, Mira Turopoljac, Mirela Turopoljac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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