Moscarda families are mainly Italians and they are mostly from Pula area , less frequently Croats (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pula area.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Moscarda live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Galizana in Pula area (70), Pula (15), Fazana (15), and in Vodnjan (<10) and Liznjan (<5) in Pula area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Moscarda is present in 11 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.