Surname Mariani in modern Croatia

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).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Australia (1).
Family name Mariani (including: Maryani , Mariany , Marianni , Mariannie , Marianie , Maryannih , Mahriani , Maryanni and Marianny ) is present in 87 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Kuzma Mariani, Paola Mariani, Nikša Mariani, Andro Mariani, Francis Mariani, Neven Mariani, Josip Mariani, Mira Mariani, Niko Mariani, Ivo Mariani, Anita Mariani, Bojan Mariani, Nevenka Mariani, Filip Mariani, Petar Mariani, Bartul Mariani, Silvana Mariani, Vinko Mariani, Ares Mariani

Mentions in sources

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.

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