In Croatia, Močinić families are generally Croats (from Pazin area ), very rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Močinić live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 9 other places, mostly in Pula (15), Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<10), Vinez (<10), and in Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Močinić (including: Mocinic , Mocinich ) is present in two countries.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.