Surname Mali in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mali families are generally Croats (from Karlovac ), very rarely Slovenes (from Beli Manastir ), and barely Bosniaks (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Mali live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Karlovac (15), Veliki Otok in Koprivnica area (<5), Zapresic (<5), and in Nova Josava (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mali (including: Malhi , Malli , Mahli , Malih , Maali , Malie , Mhali , Malii and Malieh ) is present in 149 countries worldwide. "Malieh " is used by few people in Iran and few people in the United States. "Mallhi " is used by some 5000 people in Pakistan , about 100 in Canada , and some 60 people in the United States. "Mallie " is used by some 400 people in France , about 400 in the United States , and some 100 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Antun Mali, Amal Mali, Željko Mali, Danica Mali, Marinko Mali, Gregor Mali, Ivana Mali, Franc Mali, Vesna Mali, Dženaida Mali, Gordana Mali, Krešimir Mali, Ruža Mali, Ana Mali, Jaroslav Mali, Jože Mali, Karmen Mali, Milan Mali, Vjekoslav Mali

Mentions in sources

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

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