In Croatia, Maksimov families are generally Croats (from Rijeka area ), rarely Russians (from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Rijeka area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Maksimov live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in only five naselja i to in Liganj in Opatija area (<10), Cavle in Rijeka area (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), Dobrec (<5), and in Pula (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.