Surname Marić in modern Croatia

Marić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Podravina or Knin, rarely Serbs, and Bosniaks (Mostar, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area). In places Goranci and Vrdi in Herzegovina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Marić.

Prevalence

About 11200 people with faimily name Marić live in Croatia today, in 4500 households. There were 4500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 116 cities and 747 other places, mostly in Zagreb (2295), Slavonski Brod (730), Split (345), Zadar (315), and in Osijek (305).

Outside Croatia

At least 167 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (74), the United States (22), Switzerland (22), Austria (21), Australia (14), the United Kingdom (4), France (3), Sweden (3), Finland (2), and to Canada (2).
Family name Marić (including: Maric , Marich , Mariche , Marick , Marichi , Maricha , Marici , Maritsch , Marics and Mariech ) is present in 90 countries worldwide. The family name "Maric " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 2000 in Austria , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Marich " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 900 in Ukraine , and some 300 people in Argentina. "Maritsch " is used by some 90 people in Austria , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Marić, Marko Marić, Zoran Marić, Jasmina Marić, Tomislav Marić, Silvio Marić, Zvonimir Marić, Ivana Marić, Željana Marić, Ružica Marić, Keti Marić, Branimir Marić, Josip Marić, Zdravko Marić, Mislav Marić, Krešimir Marić, Đuka Marić, Mladen Marić, Ana Marić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1689 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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