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Surname Maresić in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Maresić families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Virovitica. In Sedlarica in Djurdjevac area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Maresić.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Maresić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pitomaca (30) and Sedlarica (10) in Djurdjevac area, Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (10), Kladare in Djurdjevac area (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Maresić (including: Maresic , Marhesic ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Maresic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Marhesic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Jela Maresić,
Barica Maresić,
Snježana Maresić,
Željka Maresić,
Emil Maresić,
Danijel Maresić,
Mario Maresić,
Igor Maresić,
Tomislav Maresić,
Oto Maresić,
Katarina Maresić,
Nevenka Maresić,
Vesna Maresić,
Ivan Maresić,
Andro Maresić,
Miroslav Maresić,
Slava Maresić,
Božidar Maresić,
Damir Maresić