Surname Mohar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mohar families are generally Croats (from Garesnica area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Garesnica area and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Mohar live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Bjelovar (<10), Mustafina Klada in Cazma area (<10), Baska on the Island of Krk (<5), Split (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mohar (including: Mochtar , Mochar , Mothar , Mocthar , Mochdar , Mochilar , Mochkar and Mochmar ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Mohar " is used by some 1000 people in Pakistan , about 800 in the United States , and some 800 people in Mexico. "Mochkar " is used by few people in the United States. "Mochmar " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vjekoslav Mohar, Nikola Mohar, Zdenka Mohar, Tatijana Mohar, Ivan Mohar, Mira Mohar, Andrej Mohar, Martina Mohar, Tonka Mohar, Miran Mohar, Nada Mohar, Mladen Mohar, Borut Mohar, Bojana Mohar, Vlado Mohar, Jasna Mohar, Željka Mohar, Marin Mohar, Snježana Mohar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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