Surname Mađer in modern Croatia

Mađer families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Mađer live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Lasinja in Jastrebarsko area (20), Koprivnica (15), Domankus in Bjelovar area (10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (3) and the United States (2).
Family name Mađer (including: Mader , Mager , Madjer , Magier , Madier , Madder , Magjer , Maager , Mahder and Magyer ) is present in 97 countries worldwide. "Mader " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Austria. "Magyer " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Magier " is used by some 900 people in Poland , about 300 in the United States , and some 60 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Mario Mađer, Dalibor Mađer, Emil Mađer, Ivica Mađer, Vesnica Mađer, Dorjan Mađer, Josip Mađer, Tomislav Mađer, Mato Mađer, Dražen Mađer, Manda Mađer, Anita Mađer, Bojana Mađer, Helena Mađer, Ana Mađer, Ankica Mađer, Cornelia Mađer, Mihajlo Mađer, Slavko Mađer

Mentions in sources

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

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories