Surname Marija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Marija families are Croats (from Sinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Capljina area).

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Marija live in Croatia today, in one household only.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), Glavice (<5), Blato on the Island of Korcula (<5), and in Kastel Stafilic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marija (including: Mariya , Mariia , Mariaa , Mariea , Marijah , Marieja , Marhija , Mariua and Marieya ) is present in 113 countries worldwide. "Marieja " is used by few people in the United States. "Mariea " is used by some 200 people in Romania and about 100 in the United States. "Marietta " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 500 in Central African Republic , and some 500 people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Žeravčić Marija, Marija Marija, Kellermann Marija, Ban Marija, Brnić Marija, Catalina Marija, Dalla Marija, Darinka Marija, Dražić Marija, Eugenia Marija, Giovanni Marija, Gojak Marija, Horvat Marija, Jurišić Marija, Jurković Marija, Kapetanović Marija, Klarić Marija, Kralj Marija, Kraljević Marija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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