Surname Malić in modern Croatia

Malić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , less frequently Serbs and Bosniaks (Cazinska Krajina, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area). In Sekulići in Ozalj every second inhabitant had the family name Malić.

Prevalence

About 720 people with faimily name Malić live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 420 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 42 cities and 68 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Rijeka (60), Sesvete (40), Ploce (30), and in Split (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), the United Kingdom (2), Australia (2), Germany (2), Switzerland (1), and to South Africa (1).
Family name Malić (including: Malic , Malich , Malick , Malichi , Malicha , Malici , Mallic , Malitsch , Malics and Malicz ) is present in 119 countries worldwide. "Malitsch " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Malicz " is used by few people in the United States. "Malick " is used by some 20000 people in Pakistan , about 3000 in Senegal , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Malić, Veljko Malić, Ana Malić, Nataša Malić, Ivan Malić, Ante Malić, Olivera Malić, Žara Malić, Tomislav Malić, Zdravko Malić, Hamdija Malić, Dragica Malić, Adolf Malić, Miroslav Malić, Karlo Malić, Ivica Malić, Željko Malić, Milenko Malić, Zdenka Malić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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