Surname Malačić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Malačić families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Krizevci.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Malačić live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (<10), Novaki in Vrbovec area (<5), Kutina (<5), Krizevci (<5), and in Virje in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Malačić (including: Malacic , Malacas and Malatschnig ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Malacas " is used by some 1000 people in the Philippines , about 70 in Peru , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slaven Malačić, Mirjana Malačić, Nikolina Malačić, Anita Malačić, Ankica Malačić, Franjo Malačić, Boris Malačić, Zlatko Malačić, Verica Malačić, Martin Malačić, Božica Malačić, Zvonko Malačić, Mira Malačić, Ivan Malačić, Vjekoslava Malačić, Boženka Malačić, Dragutin Malačić, Marija Malačić, Katarina Malačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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