Surname Makaj in modern Croatia

Makaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area. In Krušljevec in Varazdin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Makaj.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Makaj live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Varazdin (40), Sveti Ilija in Varazdin area (30), Krusljevec in Vrbovec area (15), Zagreb (15), and in Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Makaj (including: Mackay , Makai , Makay , Macaj , Mackai , Makaay , Makaai , Makaly and Mackaj ) is present in 125 countries worldwide. The family name "Makaj " is used by some 200 people in Albania , small number in Poland , and small number of people in the United States. "Makay " is used by some 2000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo , about 500 in Hungary , and some 300 people in the United States. "Mackay " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Canada , and some 9000 people in Great Britain.

Characteristic first names

Predrag Makaj, Ivica Makaj, Svjetlana Makaj, Dijana Makaj, Dubravka Makaj, Sanela Makaj, Siniša Makaj, Živko Makaj, Suzana Makaj, Danijel Makaj, Stjepan Makaj, Tomislav Makaj, Bojan Makaj, Josip Makaj, Milan Makaj, Mihaela Makaj, Goran Makaj, Jadranka Makaj, Ljiljana Makaj

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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