Moric families are podjednako Croats (the family name originates from Iloka area ) and Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Beli Manastir area.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Moric live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled. They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Vukovar (15), Knezevi Vinogradi in Beli Manastir area (10), Ilaca in Ilok area (10), and in Slavonski Brod (<10).
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.