Surname Muže in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Muže families are Croats (from Ozalj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Ozalj.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Muže live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Luksici Ozaljski (<10), Levkusje (<10), Mali Erjavec (<10), Karlovac (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Muže (including: Muze , Muzee , Muzze , Muzzie , Muzzle , Muzeh , Muuzhe and Mueze ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Muzzie " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Muže, Marijana Muže, Branko Muže, Mladen Muže, Snježana Muže, Marijan Muže, Renata Muže, Slavica Muže, Dragutin Muže, Barica Muže, Miroslav Muže, Valentina Muže, Mara Muže, Dragica Muže, Ana Muže, Stjepan Muže, Marija Muže, Matija Muže, Ljubica Muže

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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