Surname Maravić in modern Croatia

Maravić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Ogulin , whereas often Croats (Trogir) and according to some sources from Zedno on the Island of Ciovo. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Rijeka. In Drežnica in Ogulin every sixth inhabitant had the family name Maravić.

Prevalence

About 670 people with faimily name Maravić live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 790 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 46 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Dreznica (115), Rijeka (105), Trogir (40), and in Ogulin (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maravić (including: Maravich , Maravic , Maravick and Maravichi ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Maravic " is used by some 60 people in the United States , about 60 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Germany. "Maravich " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Bolivia. "Maravick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasminka Maravić, Loredana Maravić, Zoran Maravić, Milkan Maravić, Vedrana Maravić, Tomislav Maravić, Rade Maravić, Nenad Maravić, Davor Maravić, Davorka Maravić, Stjepan Maravić, Mario Maravić, Željko Maravić, Dušan Maravić, Pero Maravić, Siniša Maravić, Branka Maravić, Sanjin Maravić, Suzana Maravić

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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