Surname Maganja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Maganja families are generally Croats (from Rijeka area ), very rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka area and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Maganja live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Podkilavac (10) and Cernik (<5) in Rijeka area, Zagreb (<5), Rovinj (<5), and in Drazice in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maganja (including: Maganya , Magagna and Magania ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Magagna " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 400 in Brazil , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vatroslav Maganja, Mirella Maganja, Robert Maganja, Alen Maganja, Martina Maganja, Milica Maganja, Jelena Maganja, Nadja Maganja, Marija Maganja, Bosiljka Maganja, Nenad Maganja, Stanko Maganja, Nevenka Maganja, Ivka Maganja, Milan Maganja, Mirko Maganja, Danijel Maganja, Ivanka Maganja, Janko Maganja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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