Surname Mašina in modern Croatia

Mašina families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Ugljan. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Mašina live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Preko on the Island of Ugljan (65), Zadar (55), Zagreb (25), Split (15), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (3) and the United States (2).
Family name Mašina (including: Masina , Mashina , Mashkina , Massina , Masinah , Maschina , Maasina , Masyna , Masinna and Mascina ) is present in 75 countries worldwide. "Mashyna " is used by some 90 people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Mladenka Mašina, Davor Mašina, Nedjeljko Mašina, Velimir Mašina, Jelena Mašina, Ivo Mašina, Jurica Mašina, Alan Mašina, Danijel Mašina, Tonći Mašina, Filip Mašina, Nikola Mašina, Zvonimir Mašina, Marijo Mašina, Zdenko Mašina, Neven Mašina, Mate Mašina, Irena Mašina, Tijana Mašina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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