Surname Mores in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mores families are Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Djakovo.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Mores live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Satnica Djakovacka in Djakovo area (20), Djakovo (15), Piskorevci (<10), Vrpolje in Djakovo area (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mores (including: Moores , Morees , Morres , Moorrees , Moorees , Moresh , Moress , Mohres and Morress ) is present in 82 countries worldwide. "Moress " is used by some 80 people in Egypt , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Moores " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Great Britain , and some 2000 people in Canada. "Morres " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Slavica Mores, Nikola Mores, Danijel Mores, Stevo Mores, Blaženka Mores, Ančica Mores, Darko Mores, Anđa Mores, Franjo Mores, Nevenka Mores, Anita Mores, Perica Mores, Marija Mores, Josip Mores, Zlatko Mores, Vesna Mores, Kata Mores, Ivan Mores, Zorica Mores

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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