Surname Morača in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Morača families are mainly Croats (from the Island of Lastovo ), rarely Serbs (from Cazins Region (Bosnia) ), and very rarely Montenegrins (from Nasice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice area and in Beli Manastir area. In Bukovača in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every fourth inhabitant had the family name Morača.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Morača live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Split (<10), Novigrad (<10), Pula (<5), Donji Miholjac (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Morača (including: Moraca , Moracha , Moracia , Moracheva , Morazza and Moracca ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Moraca " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 1000 in the Philippines , and some 500 people in the United States. "Moracha " is used by some 2000 people in Kenya and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nada Morača, Zlatko Morača, Zorica Morača, Mario Morača, Irena Morača, Kristina Morača, Branka Morača, Maja Morača, Zoran Morača, Mirej Morača, Miroslav Morača, Sonja Morača, Milutin Morača, Pero Morača, Jovo Morača, Borislav Morača, Ruža Morača, Nenad Morača, Marinko Morača

Mentions in sources

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

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