Surname Maljevac in modern Croatia

Maljevac families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovsko. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko and Rijeka. In Liplje in Vrbovsko every third inhabitant had the family name Maljevac.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Maljevac live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Zagreb (25), Liplje (15), Mocile (10), and in Skalnica in Opatija area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maljevac (including: Malyevac , Maglievaz , Maljevaz and Malievaz ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Maljevac " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Malyevac " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Maglievaz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Maljevac, Marko Maljevac, Ivan Maljevac, Zdravko Maljevac, Antonija Maljevac, Danijel Maljevac, Anka Maljevac, Grozdana Maljevac, Marijan Maljevac, Danimir Maljevac, Marija Maljevac, Antonio Maljevac, Zvonko Maljevac, Silvana Maljevac, Veljko Maljevac, Dalibor Maljevac, Goran Maljevac, Miljenko Maljevac, Damir Maljevac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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