Surname Majić in modern Croatia

Majić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Vrgorac area, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Grude area) and in North Herzegovina (Konjic area). In Bušćak in North Herzegovina nearly every inhabitant had the family name Majić.

Prevalence

About 2400 people with faimily name Majić live in Croatia today, in 960 households. There were 740 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 71 cities and 190 other places, mostly in Zagreb (430), Split (310), Slavonski Brod (130), Osijek (110), and in Imotski (75).

Outside Croatia

Family name Majić (including: Majic , Majich , Mayich , Majichi , Majick , Majiche and Mayic ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. "Majich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mayich " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Mayic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Majić, Matej Majić, Vlatko Majić, Tomislav Majić, Zvonko Majić, Slavko Majić, Darko Majić, Nedjeljko Majić, Stanko Majić, Ivan Majić, Pavo Majić, Veronika Majić, Slava Majić, Mijo Majić, Stipe Majić, Mirko Majić, Željko Majić, Maja Majić, Gordan Majić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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