Surname Markežić in modern Croatia

Markežić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Buzet , less frequently Italians (from Buje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Buzet. In Čepić in Buzet area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Markežić.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Markežić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Cepic in Buzet area (10), Novigrad (<10), Buzet (<10), and in Kaldanija (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Markežić (including: Markezich , Markezic ) is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Markezic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Markezich " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Markežić, Marino Markežić, Alen Markežić, Milan Markežić, Dario Markežić, Sandro Markežić, Robert Markežić, Nedeljko Markežić, Stanko Markežić, Danijela Markežić, Stefano Markežić, Samanta Markežić, Dina Markežić, Maša Markežić, Tomislav Markežić, Vladimir Markežić, Marija Markežić, Željko Markežić, Branka Markežić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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