Surname Moćan in modern Croatia

Moćan families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Slunj.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Moćan live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Karlovac (20), Slunj (10), Samobor (10), and in Resetari in Nova Gradiska area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Moćan (including: Mocan , Mochan , Mocian , Mochtan , Mochman , Moczan , Mocsan , Mochmann , Mochsan and Motschan ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Mochan " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in Ukraine. "Moczan " is used by small number of people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Mochman " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Moćan, Vladimir Moćan, Vlado Moćan, Boris Moćan, Hrvoje Moćan, Marija Moćan, Zvonimir Moćan, Sniježana Moćan, Dijana Moćan, Vjekoslav Moćan, Damir Moćan, Marina Moćan, Ivan Moćan, Mira Moćan, Dubravko Moćan, Tomislav Moćan, Daniel Moćan, Milorad Moćan, Jadranka Moćan

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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