Surname Maier in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Maier families are Croats (from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Maier live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Supetar on the Island of Brac (<5), Oroslavje (<5), and in Slakovec in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maier (including: Mayer , Mahier , Mayher , Maiher , Mayyer and Mayerr ) is present in 159 countries worldwide. The family name "Maier " is used by some 300000 people in Germany , about 40000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Austria. "Mahier " is used by some 500 people in France , about 90 in Ivory Coast , and small number of people in the United States. "Maiher " is used by some 60 people in Pakistan and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gerhard Maier, Christopher Maier, Ivan Maier, Martin Maier, Thomas Maier, Christoph Maier, Hans Maier, Spomenka Maier, Angela Maier, Barbara Maier, Ingrid Maier, Sonja Maier, Jovanka Maier, Ivka Maier, Manfred Maier, Soka Maier, Vera Maier, Zdenka Maier, Ana Maier

Mentions in sources

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

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