Surname Maksimović in modern Croatia

Maksimović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Tuzla Region (Bosnia), whereas often Croats (from middle Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 650 people with faimily name Maksimović live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 53 cities and 94 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Pula (55), Borovo in Vukovar area (55), Rijeka (35), and in Vukovar (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maksimović (including: Maksimovich , Maksimovic , Maksimowicz , Maksymovych , Maksymovich , Maksimovych , Maksimowich , Maximovic , Maksimovicz and Maksimowic ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Maksimovic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 100 people in Zambia. "Maksimovicz " is used by few people in Lithuania and few people in the United States. "Maksimowicz " is used by some 700 people in Poland , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Lithuania.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Maksimović, Andrej Maksimović, Nives Maksimović, Zoran Maksimović, Dražen Maksimović, Mirjana Maksimović, Jovica Maksimović, Oksana Maksimović, Aleksander Maksimović, Gordana Maksimović, Slobodan Maksimović, Miodrag Maksimović, Tatijana Maksimović, Berislav Maksimović, Darko Maksimović, Vesna Maksimović, Ostoja Maksimović, Danijela Maksimović, Mario Maksimović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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