Surname Morić in modern Croatia

Morić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area , rarely Bosniaks from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Sibenik. In places Crljenik , Stankovci and Velim in Benkovac area every third inhabitant had the family name Morić.

Prevalence

About 930 people with faimily name Morić live in Croatia today, in 410 households. There were 740 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (230), in Stankovci (120) and Crljenik (95) in Benkovac area, Rijeka (90), and in Zadar (90).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), Germany (2), Austria (1), Argentina (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Morić (including: Moric , Morici , Morich , Moriche , Moritsch , Moricz , Morick , Moricci , Morichi and Morics ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. "Morich " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in Italy. "Moricz " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Morici " is used by some 4000 people in Italy , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Mario Morić, Dragan Morić, Marela Morić, Robert Morić, Branka Morić, Marino Morić, Nada Morić, Branko Morić, Zlatan Morić, Joško Morić, Sanja Morić, Sandra Morić, Vesna Morić, Boris Morić, Maksim Morić, Marin Morić, Zvonko Morić, Dušanka Morić, Ivana Morić

Mentions in sources

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

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