Surname Maica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Maica families are Serbs.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Maica live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Paukovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maica (including: Maiza , Maicá , Maizza , Mayca , Mahicha , Maiezza , Maicha , Maicah and Maitza ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. "Maitza " is used by few people in the United States. "Mayza " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 200 in Indonesia , and small number of people in Malaysia , small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mihajlo Maica, Milan Maica, Milica Maica, Miroslav Maica, Snježana Maica, Danijela Maica, Siniša Maica, Miroslava Maica, Marija Maica, Marko Maica

Mentions in sources

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.

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