Surname Mandac in modern Croatia

Mandac families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. According to some sources they are from Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Mandac live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Brnaze (175), Sinj (35), Zagreb (30), Split (30), and in Solin (10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), Argentina (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Mandac (including: Mandazhi , Mandach and Mandaz ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Mandac " is used by some 5000 people in the Philippines , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Mandaz " is used by few people in the United States and few people in Zimbabwe.

Characteristic first names

Branka Mandac, Inga Mandac, Vlasta Mandac, Zoran Mandac, Helena Mandac, Mario Mandac, Anđelko Mandac, Damir Mandac, Frano Mandac, Ante Mandac, Marija Mandac, Ana Mandac, Krešimir Mandac, Miroslav Mandac, Mislav Mandac, Dušan Mandac, Franko Mandac, Sofija Mandac, Tihomir Mandac

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.

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