Surname Marenčić in modern Croatia

Marenčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Zagreb. In Zaistovec in Krizevci area every third inhabitant had the family name Marenčić.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Marenčić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zaistovec in Krizevci area (45), Krizevci (35), Zagreb (15), Varazdin (15), and in Podvorec in Novi Marof area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marenčić (including: Marencic , Marenchic and Marencich ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Marencic " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in France. "Marenchic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dejan Marenčić, Mirjana Marenčić, Željko Marenčić, Janko Marenčić, Mirko Marenčić, Ivan Marenčić, Dragutin Marenčić, Vesna Marenčić, Kristina Marenčić, Marijan Marenčić, Mario Marenčić, Zlatko Marenčić, Valent Marenčić, Katarina Marenčić, Livio Marenčić, Renata Marenčić, Stjepan Marenčić, Zdenko Marenčić, Slavko Marenčić

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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