In Croatia, Mariani families are generally Croats (from the Island of Vis ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ), and barely Italians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Mariani live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities, mostly in Split (25), Komiza on the Island of Vis (<10), Zagreb (<10), Zadar (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.