Surname Marcaš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Marcaš families are Croats by relative majority, equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Marcaš live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Bartolovec in Varazdin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marcaš (including: Marcas , Marcassa , Marcasso , Marcassi , Martzas and Marcasse ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. "Marcassa " is used by some 800 people in Brazil , about 400 in Italy , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Marcaš, Franjo Marcaš, Savka Marcaš, Anet Marcaš, Dragica Marcaš, Marija Marcaš, Aneta Marcaš, Anete Marcaš, Barbara Marcaš, Draga Marcaš, Slavka Marcaš, Terezija Marcaš

Mentions in sources

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

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