In Croatia, Mottica families are Italians (from Rovinj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rovinj area and in Pula. In Bale in Rovinj area every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Mottica.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Mottica live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Bale in Rovinj area (<10).