Surname Mareš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mareš families are mainly Croats (from Bjelovar area ), rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Mareš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Koska in Nasice area (15), Novska (10), Severin in Bjelovar area (<10), Daruvar (<10), and in Dugo Selo (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mareš (including: Mares , Maresh , Maresch , Marres , Mareschi , Maressa , Maresz , Marees , Maresse and Maress ) is present in 86 countries worldwide. The family name "Mares " is used by some 200000 people in Mexico , about 60000 in the United States , and some 50000 people in Romania. "Maresh " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Yemen , and some 100 people in Saudi Arabia. "Maresch " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 400 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Mareš, Dario Mareš, Vaclav Mareš, Dalibor Mareš, Mario Mareš, Zdenka Mareš, Mira Mareš, Franjo Mareš, Kristina Mareš, Ivan Mareš, Mladen Mareš, Mirko Mareš, Vjekoslav Mareš, Svjetlana Mareš, Đuro Mareš, Zorislav Mareš, Milan Mareš, Miroslav Mareš, Kristijan Mareš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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