Surname Marodi in modern Croatia

Marodi families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Prelog area. In Domašinec in Prelog area every eightieth inhabitant had the family name Marodi.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Marodi live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 20 other places, mostly in Dekanovec in Prelog area (15), Cakovec (10), Drzimurec in Cakovec area (10), Knezevi Vinogradi in Beli Manastir area (<10), and in Mursko Sredisce (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marodi (including: Mahrodi , Marody , Maroody , Marodhi and Maroodi ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. "Marody " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Antun Marodi, Dušanka Marodi, Josip Marodi, Stjepan Marodi, Biserka Marodi, Dražen Marodi, Ivica Marodi, Dean Marodi, Suzana Marodi, Milanka Marodi, Vilim Marodi, Snežana Marodi, Mladen Marodi, Marijan Marodi, Ivan Marodi, Nada Marodi, Silvana Marodi, Dejana Marodi, Ana Marodi

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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