Surname Marčeta in modern Croatia

Marčeta families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area) and in Pula. In Borinići in Labin area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Marčeta.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Marčeta live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Pula (30), Rijeka (20), Virovitica (15), and in Veceslavec (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marčeta (including: Marceta , Marchetta , Marchueta , Marcheta , Marcketta and Marcetta ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Marceta " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 50 in Switzerland , and small number of people in Canada. "Marchetta " is used by some 2000 people in Italy , about 800 in the United States , and some 600 people in Argentina. "Marcketta " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danica Marčeta, Dragomir Marčeta, Ivana Marčeta, Melita Marčeta, Igor Marčeta, Dario Marčeta, Milan Marčeta, Walter Marčeta, Senka Marčeta, Vesna Marčeta, Mijat Marčeta, Sergej Marčeta, Marinko Marčeta, Marija Marčeta, Zoran Marčeta, Mišo Marčeta, Gordana Marčeta, Tomislav Marčeta, Mario Marčeta

Mentions in sources

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

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