Surname Marin in modern Croatia

Marin families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Drnis. According to some sources from the Island of Zlarin or talijanskog porijekla, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Split. In Trbounje in Drnis every fourth inhabitant had the family name Marin.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Marin live in Croatia today, in 450 households. There were 940 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Split (130), Drnis (130), Zadar (100), and in Zrnovnica (95).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Germany (1), Australia (1), and to France (1).
Family name Marin (including: Marien , Marrin , Mariin , Mahrin , Marhin , Maerin , Marinn , Mmarin and Marinh ) is present in 155 countries worldwide. "Marien " is used by some 6000 people in Belgium , about 2000 in France , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Marrin " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and some 80 people in France. "Maerin " is used by few people in Spain and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Draško Marin, Milan Marin, Emilijo Marin, Slavica Marin, Jasenko Marin, Karmela Marin, Nikša Marin, Arsen Marin, Mirela Marin, Vanja Marin, Zoran Marin, Gabriela Marin, Franjo Marin, Vladimir Marin, Ivica Marin, Moreno Marin, Mario Marin, Željko Marin, Dino Marin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1642 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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