Surname Mošnja in modern Croatia

Mošnja families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Mošnja live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Pula (60), Rovinj (<10), Batlug in Pazin area (<10), Orihi in Labin area (<10), and in Vodnjan in Pula area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (3), France (1), Germany (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Mošnja (including: Mosnja , Mosnia , Moshenya , Mosgna and Moshnya ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Mosnja " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đorđo Mošnja, Vladimir Mošnja, Loris Mošnja, Janko Mošnja, Davor Mošnja, Roberto Mošnja, Branka Mošnja, Nataša Mošnja, Sani Mošnja, Manuel Mošnja, Aldo Mošnja, Slaven Mošnja, Vanesa Mošnja, Renata Mošnja, Dalibor Mošnja, Josip Mošnja, Elvis Mošnja, Ivana Mošnja, Vera Mošnja

Mentions in sources

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.

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