Maruna families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Zadar.
Prevalence
About 300 people with faimily name Maruna live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zadar (110), Zagreb (40), Jasenice in Benkovac area (35), Obrovac (30), and in Drenovci in Zupanja area (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.