Surname Mažurana in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mažurana families are Croats (from the Island of Korcule ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Mažurana live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Pupnat on the Island of Korcula (<10), Split (<5), and in Cara on the Island of Korcula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mažurana (including: Mazurana , Mazzurana ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Mazurana " is used by some 200 people in Brazil and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Mažurana, Blaženka Mažurana, Rajna Mažurana, Mladen Mažurana, Smiljan Mažurana, Jelena Mažurana, Anđelka Mažurana, Marija Mažurana, Ante Mažurana, Ivana Mažurana, Marin Mažurana, Borna Mažurana, Filip Mažurana, Ivan Mažurana, Andrijana Mažurana, Frano Mažurana, Gašpar Mažurana, Ivo Mažurana, Jaka Mažurana

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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