Surname Majetić in modern Croatia

Majetić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Gospic area , rarely Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Otocac. In Majetići in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Majetić.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Majetić live in Croatia today, in 480 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 142 other places, mostly in Zagreb (195), Rijeka (65), Otocac (45), Donji Kosinj in Gospic area (40), and in Slavonski Brod (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 20 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (6), Germany (5), Australia (4), the United States (2), Austria (1), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Majetić (including: Majetich , Majetic and Majetitsch ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Majetic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Germany , and small number of people in Venezuela. "Majetich " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Majetitsch " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vjekoslav Majetić, Milan Majetić, Draženko Majetić, Davor Majetić, Planinko Majetić, Robert Majetić, Alojz Majetić, Aleksandar Majetić, Ines Majetić, Roman Majetić, Luka Majetić, Aldo Majetić, Dubravko Majetić, Josip Majetić, Zlatko Majetić, Iva Majetić, Božo Majetić, Momir Majetić, Mario Majetić

Mentions in sources

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

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