Surname Makšan in modern Croatia

Makšan families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Makšan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 14 other places, mostly in Trnovec (25) and Bartolovec (15) in Varazdin area, Varazdin (10), Jagodnjak in Beli Manastir area (<10), and in Tenja (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Makšan (including: Maksan , Makshan ) is present in 16 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Dragica Makšan, Damir Makšan, Božidar Makšan, Dragan Makšan, Ljubica Makšan, Katica Makšan, Davor Makšan, Jadranka Makšan, Marija Makšan, Sanja Makšan, Silvija Makšan, Nikola Makšan, Ruža Makšan, Zlatko Makšan, Đuro Makšan, Jasna Makšan, Tomo Makšan, Stanislav Makšan, Branka Makšan

Mentions in sources

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.

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