Surname Mrakovčić in modern Croatia

Mrakovčić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk. In places Kornić and Skrbčići on the Island of Krk every fourth inhabitant had the family name Mrakovčić.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Mrakovčić live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Punat on the Island of Krk (85), Rijeka (65), and in Kornic (55), Krk (45) and Vrh (40) on the Island of Krk.

Outside Croatia

At least 60 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (37), Canada (9), Australia (5), Argentina (2), Austria (2), Germany (2), Belgium (1), France (1), and to Uruguay (1).
Family name Mrakovčić (including: Mrakovcic , Mrakovcich ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Mrakovcic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Mrakovcich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Frane Mrakovčić, Milorad Mrakovčić, Božidar Mrakovčić, Marko Mrakovčić, Marijan Mrakovčić, Josip Mrakovčić, Ivan Mrakovčić, Valter Mrakovčić, Tomislav Mrakovčić, Silvija Mrakovčić, Boris Mrakovčić, Anton Mrakovčić, Ivica Mrakovčić, Daliborka Mrakovčić, Vjekoslav Mrakovčić, Nikica Mrakovčić, Zdenko Mrakovčić, Nikola Mrakovčić, Marin Mrakovčić

Mentions in sources

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

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