Surname Moritz in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Moritz families are almost entirely Croats (from Vukovar ), very rarely Germans (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Moritz live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Zagreb (<10), Vukovar (<10), Dalj in Vinkovci area (<5), and in Virje in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Moritz (including: Moeritz , Morritz , Morittz and Mohritz ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. The family name "Moritz " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 6000 people in Brazil. "Morittz " is used by few people in the United States. "Moeritz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Moritz, Zoran Moritz, Pavle Moritz, Rikard Moritz, Dario Moritz, Branka Moritz, Amela Moritz, Stephanie Moritz, Andreas Moritz, Mira Moritz, Emil Moritz, Helmut Moritz, Branislav Moritz, Luca Moritz, Vjekoslav Moritz, Damir Moritz, Enisa Moritz, Michaela Moritz, Robert Moritz

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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