Surname Turčinović in modern Croatia

Turčinović families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pazin. In Petrača in Dubrovnik area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Turčinović.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Turčinović live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Sveti Petar u Sumi in Pazin area (55), Zagreb (25), Pula (15), Mlini in Dubrovnik area (15), and in Slavonski Brod (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (4), Australia (4), the United States (2), Austria (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Turčinović (including: Turcinovic , Turchinovich and Turcinovich ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Turcinovic " is used by some 100 people in Italy , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Sweden.

Characteristic first names

Ladislav Turčinović, Petar Turčinović, Željka Turčinović, Sanja Turčinović, Darija Turčinović, Dražen Turčinović, Dario Turčinović, Ljubomir Turčinović, Zdravko Turčinović, Bernard Turčinović, Tihana Turčinović, Ivica Turčinović, Roman Turčinović, Pero Turčinović, Albert Turčinović, Ivan Turčinović, Gracijano Turčinović, Đurđa Turčinović, Marita Turčinović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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