Moharić families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Varazdin. In Šandorovec in Cakovec every eighth inhabitant had the family name Moharić.
Prevalence
About 250 people with faimily name Moharić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Vucetinec in Cakovec area (20), Cakovec (20), Gorican in Cakovec area (15), and in Varazdin (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Moharić (including: Moharic , Moharich ) is present in 7 countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.