In Croatia, Močilar families are Croats (from Klanjec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zabok area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Močilar live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only five Croatian places: in Zagreb (<10), Tomasevec (<5), Turnisce Klanjecko in Zabok area (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Mala Erpenja in Krapina area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Močilar (including: Mocilar , Mochilar ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Mochilar " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.