Surname Tuta in modern Croatia

Tuta families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Benkovac area. In Grabašnica in Bosanian Posavina every second inhabitant had the family name Tuta.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Tuta live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Split (20), Polaca in Benkovac area (20), Pakostane in Biograd na moru area (20), and in Zadar (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tuta (including: Tutta , Thutha , Thuta , Tueta , Tuuta , Tutha , Tutah , Tuttha and Tutaa ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. "Tutah " is used by some 50 people in Kenya and small number in the United States. "Thouta " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Tuthika " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dušan Tuta, Nenad Tuta, Gordana Tuta, Mario Tuta, Andrea Tuta, Milan Tuta, Mirela Tuta, Silvana Tuta, Josip Tuta, Milena Tuta, Toni Tuta, Matilda Tuta, Martina Tuta, Suzana Tuta, Željko Tuta, Novica Tuta, Božidar Tuta, Miroslav Tuta, Mihaela Tuta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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