Surname Madžarević in modern Croatia

Madžarević families are generally Croats and they are mostly from Zupanja , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Samac area) and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area).

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Madžarević live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Stitar (80), Zagreb (40), Osijek (15), Rijeka (10), and in Resetari in Nova Gradiska area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Madžarević (including: Madzarevic , Madarevic and Madjarevic ) is present in 9 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Pavo Madžarević, Saša Madžarević, Branislav Madžarević, Anka Madžarević, Mira Madžarević, Luka Madžarević, Slaven Madžarević, Mirjana Madžarević, Mirko Madžarević, Anica Madžarević, Ivan Madžarević, Draško Madžarević, Slavko Madžarević, Dragan Madžarević, Nedjeljko Madžarević, Mirsada Madžarević, Anto Madžarević, Mijo Madžarević, Šimo Madžarević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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