Surname Mažer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mažer families are Croats (from Bakr area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Mažer live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zadar (<10), Zuknica in Bakr area (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Glavani (<5) and Rozmanici (<5) in Bakr area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Mažer (including: Mazer , Mazher , Mazzer , Mazzier and Mazeer ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. The family name "Mazer " is used by some 5000 people in Brazil , about 4000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Argentina. "Mazzier " is used by some 90 people in France , about 60 in Uganda , and about 60 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Irena Mažer, Srećko Mažer, Zdenka Mažer, Dušanka Mažer, Gorana Mažer, Ingrid Mažer, Koraljka Mažer, Robert Mažer, Ivan Mažer, Viktor Mažer, Jolanda Mažer, Vojislav Mažer, Franciska Mažer, Ljubica Mažer, Đurđica Mažer, Ronald Mažer, Vladimir Mažer, Natalia Mažer, Natali Mažer

Mentions in sources

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

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