Surname Mara in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mara families are Croats (from Vrbovsko area ).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Mara live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Split (<5), Sesvete (<5), Veliki Zdenci (<5), and in Nedescina in Labin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mara (including: Marra , Mahra , Marah , Maera , Mhara , Marha , Mmara , Maraa and Maraah ) is present in 152 countries worldwide. "Marra " is used by some 20000 people in Italy , about 10000 in Brazil , and some 8000 people in the United States. "Marrah " is used by some 7000 people in Sierra Leone , about 400 in Ghana , and some 400 people in the United States. "Hmara " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , about 60 in Belarus , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ousmane Mara, Marijana Mara, Mara Mara, Marija Mara, Agostino Mara, Despot Mara, Igor Mara, Karim Mara, Lončar Mara, Matija Mara

Mentions in sources

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

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