Surname Majhen in modern Croatia

Majhen families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Majhen live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 62 other places, mostly in Cestica in Ivanec area (65), Zagreb (60), Josipovac (40), Sikirevci in Zupanja area (25), and in Stari Mikanovci in Djakovo area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (20), Germany (6), and to the United States (1).
Family name Majhen (including: Maichen , Maihen , Mayhen , Maytheen , Maychen , Meichen , Maithen and Maythen ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Maichen " is used by some 60 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Maihen " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Meichen " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Božidar Majhen, Božica Majhen, Damir Majhen, Zvonko Majhen, Ivan Majhen, Jasna Majhen, Krešimir Majhen, Jasminka Majhen, Dragomira Majhen, Ninoslav Majhen, Hrvoje Majhen, Dragutin Majhen, Boris Majhen, Robert Majhen, Zlatko Majhen, Vesna Majhen, Stanko Majhen, Melita Majhen, Vlado Majhen

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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