Surname Maškarić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Maškarić families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Smokovljani in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Maškarić.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Maškarić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 8 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (15), Ston on the Peljesac peninsula (10), Nova Mokosica (<10), Cavtat in Dubrovnik area (<10), and in Mokosica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maškarić (including: Maskaric , Mascarich and Maskarich ) is present in five countries on four continents. "Maskarich " is used by few people in the United States. "Mascarich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Niko Maškarić, Antun Maškarić, Mato Maškarić, Marija Maškarić, Nikša Maškarić, Andrija Maškarić, Dragan Maškarić, Mare Maškarić, Andrijana Maškarić, Anka Maškarić, Sanja Maškarić, Nikola Maškarić, Josip Maškarić, Jadranka Maškarić, Nada Maškarić, Katica Maškarić, Nikolina Maškarić, Džemila Maškarić, Vesna Maškarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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