Surname Munta in modern Croatia

Munta families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Munta live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Kostanjevec Rijecki in Novi Marof area (15), Krizevci (10), Lonjica (<10), and in Gornja Rijeka (<10) and Donja Rijeka (<10) in Novi Marof area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Munta (including: Muntha , Munthoha , Munthaha , Munthaa , Muntah , Munthia , Muntta , Munthya and Muenta ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Munta " is used by some 90 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Muntha " is used by some 100 people in Cambodia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Oliver Munta, Zdravko Munta, Davor Munta, Ana Munta, Mladen Munta, Stjepan Munta, Josip Munta, Krešo Munta, Ruža Munta, Krešimir Munta, Mihaela Munta, Đurđica Munta, Elvira Munta, Željka Munta, Željko Munta, Tihomir Munta, Bara Munta, Marina Munta, Danijel Munta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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