Surname Mahić in modern Croatia

Mahić families are often Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab , less frequently Bosniaks (from Bosnian Krajina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area). In Kamičani in Bosnian Krajina every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Mahić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Mahić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Sisak (10), Kampor on the Island of Rab (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mahić (including: Mahic , Machic , Mahich , Machich , Machnic , Mahicha , Mathiec , Mahichi , Machkic and Mathic ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Mahic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Norway , and small number in Sweden. "Mahich " is used by some 60 people in Azerbaijan , small number in Turkey , and small number in the United States. "Machic " is used by some 500 people in Guatemala and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Omer Mahić, Boris Mahić, Lela Mahić, Vesna Mahić, Ivana Mahić, Jasna Mahić, Samir Mahić, Goran Mahić, Dino Mahić, Almir Mahić, Fuad Mahić, Bešlaga Mahić, Azra Mahić, Marija Mahić, Dado Mahić, Srećko Mahić, Anita Mahić, Sanel Mahić, Tina Mahić

Mentions in sources

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

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