Magazin families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Murter. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and on the Island of Losinj. In Džepi in North Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Magazin.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Magazin live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Betina on the Island of Murter (35), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (25), Sibenik (15), Zagreb (15), and in Rijeka (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Magazin is present in 40 countries worldwide.
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.