Surname Mohović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mohović families are Croats (from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area. In Mošćenice in Opatija area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Mohović.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Mohović live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Moscenicka Draga in Opatija area (<10), Zapresic (<10), and in Lovran (<5) and Moscenice (<5) in Opatija area.

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Brazil (2), and to France (1).
Family name Mohović (including: Mohovic , Mohovich and Mohowitsch ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. "Mohovich " is used by some 70 people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Mohowitsch " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Mohović, Đani Mohović, Marino Mohović, Vali Mohović, Ivanka Mohović, Emidio Mohović, Svetlana Mohović, Kristijan Mohović, Ilona Mohović, Roberto Mohović, Sandra Mohović, Valter Mohović, Ivone Mohović, Josipa Mohović, Mariakristina Mohović, Josip Mohović, Lina Mohović, Slava Mohović, Silvio Mohović

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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