Surname Marton in modern Croatia

Marton families are often Croats and they are mostly from Cazma area , less frequently Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Marton live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Bilje in Osijek area (15), Gorican in Cakovec area (15), Beli Manastir (10), and in Stara Subocka (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marton (including: Marthon , Márton ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. "Marthon " is used by some 200 people in France , about 50 in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ingrid Marton, Ulla Marton, Veljko Marton, Marisa Marton, Eduard Marton, Tihomir Marton, Ranko Marton, Manda Marton, Vlatka Marton, Zlatko Marton, Zdenka Marton, Biserka Marton, Josip Marton, David Marton, Đurđa Marton, Janja Marton, Vilim Marton, Mirjana Marton, Zoltan Marton

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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