Surname Marčec in modern Croatia

Marčec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Varazdin. In Korenjak in Ivanec area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Marčec.

Prevalence

About 670 people with faimily name Marčec live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 670 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 82 other places, mostly in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (80), Varazdin (70), Cakovec (60), Zagreb (45), and in Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marčec (including: Marcec , Marchez and Marcez ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Marcec " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Argentina , and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Branko Marčec, Marko Marčec, Ivan Marčec, Nevesin Marčec, Kristinko Marčec, Sandra Marčec, Nadica Marčec, Denis Marčec, Marijan Marčec, Željko Marčec, Mario Marčec, Snježana Marčec, Stjepan Marčec, Zlatko Marčec, Zvonimir Marčec, Matija Marčec, Damir Marčec, Zdravko Marčec, Nataša Marčec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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