Surname Turčić in modern Croatia

Turčić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Turčić on the Island of Krk every second inhabitant had the family name Turčić.

Prevalence

About 720 people with faimily name Turčić live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 930 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 39 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Zagreb (280), Sesvete (50), Malinska on the Island of Krk (35), Novo Virje in Djurdjevac area (25), and in Zrinski Topolovac in Krizevci area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (19), Germany (7), Australia (2), South Africa (1), Argentina (1), Canada (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Turčić (including: Turcic , Turcas , Turcich , Turchick , Turchich , Turtschi , Turcasso , Turchic and Turtschin ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Turcic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and some 90 people in Australia. "Turchic " is used by few people in the United States. "Turcich " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marino Turčić, Ksenija Turčić, Josip Turčić, Sandra Turčić, Zdravko Turčić, Darko Turčić, Ivan Turčić, Nada Turčić, Tomislav Turčić, Nikola Turčić, Davor Turčić, Ivica Turčić, Julijana Turčić, Antun Turčić, Jennifer Turčić, Braslav Turčić, Sanjin Turčić, Štefanija Turčić, Zlatko Turčić

Mentions in sources

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

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