Surname Mah in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mah families are Croats (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Mah live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Donji Sredjani in Daruvar area (<5) and Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mah (including: Mathe , Mach , Machi , Macha , Matha , Math , Macho , Maah and Mmah ) is present in 173 countries worldwide. "Mach " is used by some 10000 people in Viet Nam , about 9000 in Poland , and some 8000 people in the United States. "Machi " is used by some 2000 people in South Africa , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Algeria. "Macha " is used by some 40000 people in Tanzania , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Zambia.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Mah, Zorica Mah, Ivanka Mah, Đurđica Mah, Jaroslav Mah, Karolina Mah, Milada Mah, Stanislav Mah

Mentions in sources

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

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