Surname Majica in modern Croatia

Majica families are Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area. According to some sources the family name originates from Španjolska. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Biograd na moru area. In Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Majica.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Majica live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area (75), Zadar (<10), Split (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Majica (including: Majiza , Mayiza , Majizah and Mayica ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Majica " is used by small number of people in the Philippines , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tonči Majica, Kristijan Majica, Krešimir Majica, Božena Majica, Marija Majica, Šime Majica, Anastazija Majica, Nino Majica, Irena Majica, Marko Majica, Lidija Majica, Robert Majica, Arijana Majica, Marina Majica, Antonio Majica, Ana Majica, Vinko Majica, Nenad Majica, Ante Majica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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