Surname Malenica in modern Croatia

Malenica families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Drnis , or Drnis area (Kljuc), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Split. In Ključ in Drnis every fourth inhabitant had the family name Malenica.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Malenica live in Croatia today, in 440 households. There were 670 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 51 cities and 68 other places, mostly in Zagreb (225), Split (215), Sibenik (115), Osijek (40), and in Drinovci (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Malenica (including: Maleniza , Malenitza ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Malenica " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 50 in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Malenitza " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Malenica, Dajana Malenica, Danijel Malenica, Hrvoje Malenica, Vedran Malenica, Maša Malenica, Ivan Malenica, Sandra Malenica, Ante Malenica, Marko Malenica, Zoran Malenica, Vesna Malenica, Mate Malenica, Tomislav Malenica, Joso Malenica, Alenka Malenica, Frane Malenica, Mario Malenica, Dinko Malenica

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.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories