Surname Mayer in modern Croatia

Mayer families are Croats and they are mostly from Osijek. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Mayer live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Osijek (<10), Vukovar (<10), Visnjevac (<10), and in Seget Donji in Trogir area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mayer (including: Mayher , Mayyer and Mayerr ) is present in 153 countries worldwide. The family name "Mayer " is used by some 200000 people in Germany , about 100000 in the United States , and some 50000 people in Brazil. "Mayher " is used by some 500 people in the United States , small number in Mexico , and small number of people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Dijana Mayer, Darko Mayer, Ljiljana Mayer, Davor Mayer, Nina Mayer, Iva Mayer, Vladimir Mayer, Branimir Mayer, Željko Mayer, Marina Mayer, Suzana Mayer, Miroslav Mayer, Manuela Mayer, Robert Mayer, Dražen Mayer, Milutin Mayer, Josef Mayer, Antun Mayer, Hrvoje Mayer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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