Surname Mađor in modern Croatia

Mađor families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Sinj.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Mađor live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Hrvace in Sinj area (35), Split (20), Mihalj in Opuzen area (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Sinj (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mađor (including: Mador , Madjor , Magior , Madhor , Mahdor , Magyor , Madhoor , Madior , Magjor and Maddor ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Mador " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Bangladesh , and some 100 people in Canada. "Magyor " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Maddor " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Mađor, Berislav Mađor, Oleg Mađor, Stipe Mađor, Marija Mađor, Sanja Mađor, Anka Mađor, Dijana Mađor, Ante Mađor, Jerko Mađor, Ivana Mađor, Marko Mađor, Ivo Mađor, Frano Mađor, Željko Mađor, Dalibor Mađor, Milan Mađor, Ivica Mađor, Ivan Mađor

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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