Surname Mohorovičić in modern Croatia

Mohorovičić families are Croats the family name originates from Opatija. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Opatija.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Mohorovičić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Jurdani (20) and Lovran (15) in Opatija area, Rijeka (10), Opatija (10), and in Rukavac in Opatija area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Germany (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Mohorovičić (including: Mohorovicic , Mohorovicich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Mohorovicic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Mohorovičić, Neven Mohorovičić, Elio Mohorovičić, Anita Mohorovičić, Tatjana Mohorovičić, Klaudija Mohorovičić, Sonja Mohorovičić, Zoran Mohorovičić, Nerina Mohorovičić, Stjepan Mohorovičić, Andrija Mohorovičić, Andre Mohorovičić, Deana Mohorovičić, Sandra Mohorovičić, Florijan Mohorovičić, Davor Mohorovičić, Sanja Mohorovičić, Dorijan Mohorovičić, Ivo Mohorovičić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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