In Croatia, Maširević families are generally Serbs, rarely Croats (from Banat, Vojvodina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and in Vukovar area.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Maširević live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and 5 other places, mostly in Trpinja in Vukovar area (30), Vukovar (<10), in Dalj (<5) and Gabos (<5) in Vinkovci area, and in Bobota in Vukovar area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Maširević is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.