Surname Mavrić in modern Croatia

Mavrić families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski area. According to some sources they are from The Soca valley in Slovenia (Anhovo). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Novi Marof. In Donji Markovac in Cazma area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Mavrić.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Mavrić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Rijeka (50), Podevcevo (45), Zagreb (20), Grizane-Belgrad in Novi Vinodolski area (15), and in Pula (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), the United States (1), Argentina (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Mavrić (including: Mavric , Mavrich , Mavrichev , Mavrici , Mavrick , Mavricz , Maveric , Mavrichi , Mawricz and Mavrichie ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. "Mavrich " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 80 in Argentina , and some 80 people in Bolivia. "Mavricz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mawricz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Žarko Mavrić, Ivan Mavrić, Dražen Mavrić, Marijan Mavrić, Željko Mavrić, Tihomir Mavrić, Branko Mavrić, Tatjana Mavrić, Božica Mavrić, Damir Mavrić, Danijela Mavrić, Dubravka Mavrić, Robert Mavrić, Marino Mavrić, Alida Mavrić, Smiljka Mavrić, Mate Mavrić, Kata Mavrić, Vladimir Mavrić

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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