Surname Moše in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Moše families are Croats (from Vrbovsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko area and in Karlovac. In Podrebar in Vrbovsko area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Moše.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Moše live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Duga Resa (<5), Mreznicki Varos (<5), Fuckovac in Vrbovsko area (<5), Sisak (<5), and in Bosiljevo in Vrbovsko area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Moše (including: Mose , Moshe , Mosse , Mossie , Moose , Mosche , Mossae , Mooshe , Mosee and Moseh ) is present in 117 countries worldwide. The family name "Mose " is used by some 60000 people in Kenya , about 6000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in the Philippines. "Moshe " is used by some 7000 people in Israel , about 2000 in South Africa , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Moose " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 300 in Kenya , and some 300 people in the Philippines.

Characteristic first names

Janko Moše, Ivica Moše, Nada Moše, Marina Moše, Alen Moše, Jadranka Moše, Robert Moše, Marija Moše, David Moše, Mislav Moše, Katarina Moše, Slavko Moše, Ana Moše, Bara Moše, Franjo Moše, Josip Moše, Marica Moše, Slavo Moše, Vladimir Moše

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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