Surname Main in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Main families are Croats (from Slatina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Main live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Slatina (10), Sladojevci (<5), and in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Main (including: Mahin , Mayn , Maien , Maiin , Maain , Mainn , Mahyn , Mahinh and Maahin ) is present in 117 countries worldwide. The family name "Main " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Bangladesh , and some 6000 people in Pakistan. "Mainn " is used by few people in the United States. "Mahin " is used by some 20000 people in Bangladesh , about 1000 in Iran , and some 800 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljana Main, Jelka Main, Drago Main, Zoran Main, Anica Main, Miloš Main, Ferdo Main, Željko Main, Ružica Main, Franjo Main, Amalija Main, Anka Main, Ana Main, Zorica Main, Sofija Main, Carmen Main, Marijana Main, Ena Main, Josip Main

Mentions in sources

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

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