In Croatia, Mahne families are mainly Croats (from Novigrad area ), less frequently Italians (also from Novigrad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija area and in Pula.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Mahne live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Labinci in Novigrad area (<10), Split (<10), Buzdohanj in Rijeka area (<5), Plano (<5), and in Paveki in Bakr area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.