Maradin families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area. In Vinski Vrh in Duga Resa area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Maradin.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Maradin live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Karlovac (75), Vinski Vrh in Duga Resa area (40), Duga Resa (20), Rijeka (15), and in Zagreb (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Maradin (including: Maradyn , Marhadin ) is present in 14 countries worldwide.
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.