Surname Makjanić in modern Croatia

Makjanić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Hvar.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Makjanić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Jelsa (40) and Svirce (20) on the Island of Hvar, Split (15), Rijeka (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Makjanić (including: Makjanic , Makianich and Makjanich ) is present in 6 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Makjanić, Ivica Makjanić, Jadranka Makjanić, Mira Makjanić, Toni Makjanić, Berislav Makjanić, Nenad Makjanić, Teo Makjanić, Franko Makjanić, Vesna Makjanić, Liljana Makjanić, Maja Makjanić, Tanja Makjanić, Zoran Makjanić, Tea Makjanić, Josip Makjanić, Miki Makjanić, Andro Makjanić, Josipa Makjanić

Mentions in sources

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

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