Surname Markus in modern Croatia

Markus families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Oroslavje area. In Strmec Stubički in Oroslavje area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Markus.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Markus live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Strmec Stubicki in Oroslavje area (20), Donji Miholjac (15), Stubicke Toplice in Oroslavje area (<10), and in Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Markus (including: Marcus , Marqus , Marcius , Markush , Markhus , Markues , Markuss , Markusz and Marckus ) is present in 137 countries worldwide. The family name "Markus " is used by some 50000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Indonesia. "Marckus " is used by small number of people in the Philippines , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Ecuador , small number of people in Romania. "Markush " is used by some 500 people in Ukraine , about 100 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Markus, Marijan Markus, Boris Markus, Mirijana Markus, Mario Markus, Klaudija Markus, Jadranka Markus, Marko Markus, Mladen Markus, Jasna Markus, Ivan Markus, Aleksandra Markus, Ana Markus, Zoran Markus, Ivica Markus, Petra Markus, Dražen Markus, Vladimir Markus, Ivana Markus

Mentions in sources

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

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