In Croatia, Maric families are Croats (from Split ).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Maric live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Split (<5) and Zadar (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1689 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.