Mazalin families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Sibenik.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Mazalin live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Sibenik (15), Split (<10), Drnis (<10), and in Petrinja (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Mazalin is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Mazalin " is used by small number of people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.