Surname Marijić in modern Croatia

Marijić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Marijić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (220), Zagreb (50), in Gornja Vrba (45) and Bukovlje (10) in Slavonski Brod area, and in Ilok (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marijić (including: Marijic , Mariyich and Marievic ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Marijic " is used by some 80 people in Kazakhstan , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Marievic " is used by few people in Ukraine and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Marijić, Marijan Marijić, Frano Marijić, Antun Marijić, Anita Marijić, Nikola Marijić, Pero Marijić, Jure Marijić, Davor Marijić, Stanko Marijić, Anto Marijić, Dubravka Marijić, Irena Marijić, Zoran Marijić, Gordana Marijić, Tajana Marijić, Ana Marijić, Ivica Marijić, Marko Marijić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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