Surname Mačečević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mačečević families are Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Mačečević live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Karlovac (30), Zagreb (10), Donje Stative in Duga Resa area (<10), Duga Resa (<5), and in Draganic in Karlovac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Mačečević is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Macecevic " is used by some 90 people in the United States and about 50 in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Dubravko Mačečević, Anita Mačečević, Marijan Mačečević, Dario Mačečević, Mario Mačečević, Vladimir Mačečević, Mara Mačečević, Jana Mačečević, Nada Mačečević, Božica Mačečević, Florijan Mačečević, Višnja Mačečević, Igor Mačečević, Bernarda Mačečević, Verica Mačečević, Karmen Mačečević, Josip Mačečević, Zlatko Mačečević, Darko Mačečević

Mentions in sources

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

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