Maksan families are Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Biograd na moru area and in Zadar.
Prevalence
About 200 people with faimily name Maksan live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Pakostane in Biograd na moru area (175), Zagreb (15), Biograd na moru (<10), Pula (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Maksan (including: Maxan , Makshan ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Maxan " is used by some 50 people in France , small number in Canada , and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
