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Surname Macan in modern Croatia
Macan families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Zagreb. In places Pusti and Pajkovići in Labin area every third inhabitant had the family name Macan.
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Prevalence
About 800 people with faimily name Macan live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 75 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Pula (60), Radosic (55), Split (40), and in Pusti in Labin area (30).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Macan (including: Mazan , Machan , Maccan , Mazzan , MacCann , Matzan , Macann , Macanh and Macaan ) is present in 92 countries worldwide. "Matzan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mazzan " is used by some 100 people in Bangladesh , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Morocco. "Macanh " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Tvrtko Macan,
Slobodan Macan,
Hrvoje Macan,
Marija Macan,
Jelena Macan,
Darko Macan,
Krešimir Macan,
Ivan Macan,
Trpimir Macan,
Josip Macan,
Miroslav Macan,
Barica Macan,
Žaneta Macan,
Željko Macan,
Filip Macan,
Nediljko Macan,
Eva Macan,
Grgo Macan,
Božidar Macan
