Surname Malec in modern Croatia

Malec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanic-Grad area. According to some sources they are from Merkusevec area (Prigorje), odnosno from Lika. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad area.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Malec live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Varazdin (10), Dugo Selo (10), Ivanic-Grad (10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Malec (including: Maletz , Mallez , Malech , Malez , Malezh , Mallec , Malecz , Malletz and Malecch ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Malec " is used by some 30000 people in Poland , about 4000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Czech Republic. "Malez " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Maletz " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Madagascar.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Malec, Krešimir Malec, Enko Malec, Martin Malec, Ivan Malec, Ana Malec, Vlatka Malec, Vladimir Malec, Nikola Malec, Tomislav Malec, Marijan Malec, Stjepan Malec, Biserka Malec, Siniša Malec, Teo Malec, Zlatica Malec, Sanja Malec, Ivka Malec, Zlatko Malec

Mentions in sources

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

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