Surname Marača in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Marača families are Croats (from the Island of Murter ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and on the Island of Murter.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Marača live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Tisno on the Island of Murter (25), Split (10), Zadar (<10), Sibenik (<10), and in Zrnovnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marača (including: Maraca , Maracha , Marazza , Maracheva , Marachiya , Marachoya , Marachula , Marachova and Marachya ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Marazza " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 100 in Argentina , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tino Marača, Martin Marača, Josip Marača, Zorana Marača, Vedrana Marača, Ivica Marača, Vinko Marača, Roko Marača, Željko Marača, Neven Marača, Šime Marača, Jelena Marača, Mate Marača, Marija Marača, Maša Marača, Mirjana Marača, Ana Marača, Toni Marača, Ilinka Marača

Mentions in sources

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

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