In Croatia, Malvich families are Croats by relative majority (from Rijeka ), equally Italians (also from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Malvich live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Malvich is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Malvich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.