Makarun families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Galgovo in Samobor every tenth inhabitant had the family name Makarun.
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Makarun live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Sveti Martin Pod Okicem (65), Zagreb (35), Galgovo (20), Pavucnjak (15), and in Lun on the Island of Pag (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Makarun is present in 8 countries on three continents.
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.