In Croatia, Mach families are predominantly Croats (from Pleternica area ), rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Pleternica area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Mach live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Split (<10), Zupanja (<5), Varazdin (<5), and in Stari Slatinik in Pleternica area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
