Surname Mrvica in modern Croatia

Mrvica families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Mrvica live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Sibenik (50), Zirje (15), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Vodice (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Australia (1).
Family name Mrvica is present in 9 countries worldwide. The family name "Mrvica " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Mrvica, Miljenko Mrvica, Maksim Mrvica, Ljiljana Mrvica, Nino Mrvica, Zlatko Mrvica, Katarina Mrvica, Maja Mrvica, Emilija Mrvica, Anita Mrvica, Marin Mrvica, Roberta Mrvica, Ivan Mrvica, Toni Mrvica, Marko Mrvica, Marina Mrvica, Ankica Mrvica, Vedran Mrvica, Barbara Mrvica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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