Surname Maras in modern Croatia

Maras families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. According to some sources sa Sali on Dugi (Long) Island, or from Lika and Drnis area.The surname Maras is of origin from Herzegovina In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Sinj. In Marasi in Porec area every second inhabitant had the family name Maras.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Maras live in Croatia today, in 690 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 130 other places, mostly in Zagreb (340), Rijeka (120), Glavice (85), Split (75), and in Osijek (65).

Outside Croatia

At least 37 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (16), Canada (6), Australia (4), France (3), the United States (3), Sweden (3), the Netherlands (1), and to South Africa (1).
Family name Maras (including: Marras , Maheras , Marrash , Marash , Marass , Marhas , Maeras , Marasz and Maraas ) is present in 78 countries worldwide. The family name "Maras " is used by some 10000 people in Turkey , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Poland. "Marass " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Germany. "Marash " is used by some 200 people in Syria , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Israel.

Characteristic first names

Marko Maras, Dubravka Maras, Angelo Maras, Ana Maras, Mate Maras, Angelina Maras, Davor Maras, Čedo Maras, Mladen Maras, Ante Maras, Marinko Maras, Igor Maras, Ivana Maras, Rašeljka Maras, Damir Maras, Marina Maras, Neven Maras, Marija Maras, Stana Maras

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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