Surname Majcen in modern Croatia

Majcen families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. According to some sources they are from Slovenia, Austria and Germany. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Veliko Svinjičko in Sisak every ninth inhabitant had the family name Majcen.

Prevalence

About 660 people with faimily name Majcen live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 620 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 73 other places, mostly in Zagreb (140), Varazdin (45), in Trnovec (40) and Sracinec (30) in Varazdin area, and in Veliko Svinjicko (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Majcen (including: Maitzen , Maizen , Maycen , Meizen , Meichen , Mayzen , Majzen , Maychen and Maicen ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Majcen " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria. "Maycen " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Maitzen " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Andrej Majcen, Hrvoje Majcen, Borislav Majcen, Darko Majcen, Marica Majcen, Vlatko Majcen, Vladimir Majcen, Željko Majcen, Sandra Majcen, Sandro Majcen, Domagoj Majcen, Jasna Majcen, Marijo Majcen, Sanja Majcen, Miroslav Majcen, Tatjana Majcen, Melita Majcen, Barbara Majcen, Danica Majcen

Mentions in sources

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

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