Surname Maričević in modern Croatia

Maričević families are Croats and they are mostly from Pozega area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and on the Island of Pag. In Gorica on the Island of Pag every third inhabitant had the family name Maričević.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Maričević live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Srednji Lipovac in Pozega area (55), Rijeka (35), Pozega (25), and in Nova Gradiska (25).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (2), Austria (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Maričević (including: Maricevich , Maricevic ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Maricevic " is used by some 90 people in Russian Federation , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Maričević, Antun Maričević, Mario Maričević, Vladimir Maričević, Zoran Maričević, Miro Maričević, Mihaela Maričević, Miroslav Maričević, Dragica Maričević, Kristina Maričević, Marta Maričević, Dinko Maričević, Željko Maričević, Tajana Maričević, Dalibor Maričević, Branimir Maričević, Mato Maričević, Karolina Maričević, Rada Maričević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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