Tursan families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area. In Brođani in Karlovac every sixth inhabitant had the family name Tursan.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Tursan live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), in Senkovec (<10) and Prigorje Brdovecko (<10) in Zapresic area, Brodjani (<10), and in Zapresic (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.