Surname Mazan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mazan families are Croats (from Oroslavje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zlatar.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Mazan live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Zlatar (25), Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (20), Krapina (<5), Maretic in Novi Marof area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mazan (including: Mahzan , Mazhan , Mazzan and Mazán ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. "Mazzan " is used by some 100 people in Bangladesh , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Morocco.

Characteristic first names

Božidar Mazan, Ivana Mazan, Željko Mazan, Marina Mazan, Višnjica Mazan, Mladen Mazan, Stjepan Mazan, Ivan Mazan, Darko Mazan, Gordana Mazan, Nikola Mazan, Ivanka Mazan, Kristina Mazan, Štefanija Mazan, Danica Mazan, Božica Mazan, Snježana Mazan, Emil Mazan, Jurica Mazan

Mentions in sources

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

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