In Croatia, Maršan families are Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Maršan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Zadar (25), Velika Gorica (<10), Gornji Cehi (<5), Posedarje in Zadar area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).