Surname Mahovlić in modern Croatia

Mahovlić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj area and in Zagreb. In places Gornji Oštrc and Donji Oštrc in Ozalj area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Mahovlić.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Mahovlić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Jastrebarsko (15), Gornji Ostrc in Ozalj area (10), Karlovac (<10), and in Staro Petrovo Selo in Nova Gradiska area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Germany (1).
Family name Mahovlić (including: Mahovlic , Mahovlich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Mahovlic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Mahovlich " is used by some 100 people in Canada and about 80 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vjekoslav Mahovlić, Vesna Mahovlić, Boris Mahovlić, Petar Mahovlić, Darinka Mahovlić, Marica Mahovlić, Nikola Mahovlić, Ivan Mahovlić, Tomislav Mahovlić, Neda Mahovlić, Jasminka Mahovlić, Željka Mahovlić, Goran Mahovlić, Nikolina Mahovlić, Zoran Mahovlić, Josip Mahovlić, Franjo Mahovlić, Tihomir Mahovlić, Borislav Mahovlić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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