Surname Mamić in modern Croatia

Mamić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. According to some sources they are from Bosnia, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Western Bosnia (Livno area). In places Zidine and Mijakovo Polje in Western Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Mamić.

Prevalence

About 2300 people with faimily name Mamić live in Croatia today, in 810 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 129 other places, mostly in Zagreb (660), Split (345), Lisane Ostrovicke in Benkovac area (145), Sesvete (120), and in Bjelovar (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 33 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), Australia (9), Austria (5), the United States (2), Canada (2), Belgium (1), Switzerland (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Mamić (including: Mamic , Mamich , Mahmic , Mamiche , Mamicha , Mamick and Mamych ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. "Mamich " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 90 people in the United States. "Mamick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mahmic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Mile Mamić, Ante Mamić, Ivica Mamić, Jakov Mamić, Draženko Mamić, Dražana Mamić, Zoran Mamić, Nadica Mamić, Vladimir Mamić, Nebojša Mamić, Dario Mamić, Mario Mamić, Mladen Mamić, Lovorko Mamić, Zdravko Mamić, Ankica Mamić, Božo Mamić, Zdenko Mamić, Tomislav Mamić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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