Surname Mahović in modern Croatia

Mahović families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. According to some sources they are from Vrhovcak near Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Vrhovčak in Samobor every fourth inhabitant had the family name Mahović.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Mahović live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Samobor (35), Zagreb (30), Vrhovcak (20), Pazin (<10), and in Gajec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mahović (including: Mahovic , Machowicz , Mahovich , Machovic , Mahowich , Mahovici , Mathovich , Machovich and Machowiec ) is present in 20 countries on three continents. The family name "Mahovic " is used by small number of people in the Netherlands , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Sweden. "Mahovich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Machovic " is used by some 100 people in Slovakia , about 60 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Mahović, Sanjin Mahović, Gordana Mahović, Ervin Mahović, Danijel Mahović, Martin Mahović, Maja Mahović, Hrvoje Mahović, Alan Mahović, Liljana Mahović, Romano Mahović, Elena Mahović, Leon Mahović, Nenad Mahović, Zoran Mahović, Monika Mahović, Felicita Mahović, Dragica Mahović, Tomica Mahović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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