Surname Makar in modern Croatia

Makar families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Ludbreg.

Prevalence

About 530 people with faimily name Makar live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 590 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 59 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Belica in Cakovec area (35), Cakovec (25), Ludbreg (25), and in Prigorje in Krapina area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Australia (1), France (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Makar (including: Makkar , Macar , Makhar , Makarh , Mackar , Machkar , Mahkar , Makarr and Mhakar ) is present in 89 countries worldwide. "Mackar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Makkar " is used by some 3000 people in Egypt , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in Canada. "Makarh " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Makar, Tomislav Makar, Stanko Makar, Franjo Makar, Marijan Makar, Andrija Makar, Dražen Makar, Ivan Makar, Milan Makar, Zlatko Makar, Vladimir Makar, Snježana Makar, Alen Makar, Krunoslav Makar, Mirjana Makar, Nikola Makar, Dragutin Makar, Dejana Makar, Anita Makar

Mentions in sources

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

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