Surname Makanec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Makanec families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad area. In Stružec Posavski in Ivanic-Grad area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Makanec.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Makanec live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Velika Gorica (<5), Nustar in Vinkovci area (<5), in Ruca (<5) and Struzec Posavski (<5) in Ivanic-Grad area, and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Makanec is present in five countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Julije Makanec, Milan Makanec, Miron Makanec, Emilija Makanec, Alfred Makanec, Branimir Makanec, Zdenka Makanec, Danijela Makanec, Petra Makanec, Nada Makanec, Darko Makanec, Željkica Makanec, Mario Makanec, Mateja Makanec, Marina Makanec, Ljiljana Makanec, Davor Makanec, Mira Makanec, Anica Makanec

Mentions in sources

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

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