Surname Maćešić in modern Croatia

Maćešić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , whereas often Croats (from Donji Miholjac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Karlovac. In Dugi Dol in Duga Resa area every second inhabitant had the family name Maćešić.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Maćešić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 560 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Dugi Dol in Duga Resa area (50), Karlovac (40), Rijeka (30), and in Budacka Rijeka in Duga Resa area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maćešić (including: Macesic , Macesich and Machesic ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Macesic " is used by some 100 people in Canada , about 60 in Australia , and some 50 people in the United States. "Macesich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Machesic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroljub Maćešić, Đuro Maćešić, Katica Maćešić, Dubravko Maćešić, Željko Maćešić, Gojko Maćešić, Marija Maćešić, Dejan Maćešić, Saša Maćešić, Jovan Maćešić, Vesna Maćešić, Miroslav Maćešić, Lidija Maćešić, Aleksandar Maćešić, Aida Maćešić, Milorad Maćešić, Gordana Maćešić, Marko Maćešić, Boris Maćešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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