Surname Mahač in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mahač families are Croats (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Mahač live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Dugo Selo (10), Zagreb (<10), Nustar in Vinkovci area (<10), Bjelovar (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Mahač (including: Mahachi , Machac , Mahac , Machach , Mahach , Mahachai , Mahacha , Mahachek , Machacz and Machack ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. "Mahach " is used by some 70 people in Morocco and small number in the United States. "Machac " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Machacz " is used by some 100 people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Mahač, Božena Mahač, Marijan Mahač, Anica Mahač, Mladen Mahač, Zoran Mahač, Ljubica Mahač, Ivan Mahač, Alen Mahač, Zrinka Mahač, Zdravko Mahač, Stjepan Mahač, Alojzije Mahač, Jasna Mahač, Dragica Mahač, Miroslav Mahač, Marija Mahač, Ružica Mahač, Katica Mahač

Mentions in sources

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

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