Mačkić families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Zagreb ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica area and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Kljuc area). In Donje Ratkovo in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every fourth inhabitant had the family name Mačkić.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Mačkić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Boricevac in Obrovac area (<10), Labin (<10), Grubisno Polje (<10), and in Sveti Ilija in Varazdin area (<5).
