Surname Mojaš in modern Croatia

Mojaš families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Doli in Dubrovnik area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Mojaš.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Mojaš live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 12 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (40), Doli in Dubrovnik area (20), Ston on the Peljesac peninsula (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mojaš (including: Mayas , Mojas , Mayyas , Moyas , Majas , Malyas , Mojash , Maias , Mayash and Moihas ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Mojas " is used by some 50 people in Spain and small number in the United States. "Mayash " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mayassi " is used by some 300 people in Congo , about 200 in Lebanon , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antica Mojaš, Ivo Mojaš, Zlatko Mojaš, Davor Mojaš, Mladen Mojaš, Miljenko Mojaš, Dubravko Mojaš, Elinor Mojaš, Ivica Mojaš, Aurelija Mojaš, Dario Mojaš, Ivona Mojaš, Ivan Mojaš, Ane Mojaš, Baldo Mojaš, Verica Mojaš, Željko Mojaš, Sanka Mojaš, Ante Mojaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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