Surname Marchi in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Marchi families are generally Croats (from Split ), rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Pula. In Markovići in Buje area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Marchi.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Marchi live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Split (<10), Crikvenica (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marchi (including: Mharchi , Marchie , Marchy , Marcchi and Maerchy ) is present in 72 countries worldwide. "Marchie " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Saudi Arabia. "Marchy " is used by some 80 people in Indonesia , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Dario Marchi, Franjo Marchi, Elio Marchi, Alessandro Marchi, Paolo Marchi, Ana Marchi, Andrija Marchi, Nadežda Marchi, Nikša Marchi, Zdenka Marchi, Aldo Marchi, Marija Marchi, Karmela Marchi, Vito Marchi, Danijela Marchi, Rita Marchi, Bruno Marchi, Tonći Marchi, Antonieta Marchi

Mentions in sources

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

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