Surname Macura in modern Croatia

Macura families are frequently Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , less frequently Croats (from Lipik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Knin area.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Macura live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 580 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Kistanje in Knin area (75), Vukovar (25), Orolik in Vinkovci area (25), Sibenik (25), and in Rijeka (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (3), the United States (2), Canada (2), Australia (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Macura (including: Mazura , Mazuera , Machura , Mazhura , Matzura , Mazzura , Machhura , Mazzuera and Macuera ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. "Matzura " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Mazzura " is used by few people in the United States. "Mazuera " is used by some 4000 people in Colombia , about 300 in Venezuela , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Macura, Marko Macura, Miodrag Macura, Vladimir Macura, Goran Macura, Milivoj Macura, Milan Macura, Petar Macura, Dragana Macura, Josip Macura, Dajana Macura, Danica Macura, Marija Macura, Gordana Macura, Nenad Macura, Dalibor Macura, Sandra Macura, Zdravko Macura, Anita Macura

Mentions in sources

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

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