Marketin families are Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Biograd na moru area.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Marketin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Pakostane (45) and Drage (20) in Biograd na moru area, Zadar (15), Split (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Marketin is present in 12 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.