In Croatia, Mahmet families are Croats (from Zlatar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Mahmet live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Marija Bistrica in Zlatar area (15), Ivanic-Grad (10), Tugonica in Zlatar area (<10), and in Cetinovec (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Mahmet is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Mahmet " is used by some 100 people in Turkey , about 70 in Kazakhstan , and some 60 people in the United States.
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.