Surname Muhvić in modern Croatia

Muhvić families are Croats and they are mostly from Cabar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cabar and Zagreb. In Velika Lešnica in Delnice every third inhabitant had the family name Muhvić.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Muhvić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Garesnica (20), Osijek (15), Rijeka (15), and in Delnice (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (9), France (6), Austria (1), Australia (1), Canada (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Muhvić (including: Muhvic , Muhvich ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Muhvic " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in France. "Muhvich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Muhvić, Ana Muhvić, Dušan Muhvić, Dubravko Muhvić, Mladen Muhvić, Snježana Muhvić, Darko Muhvić, Mario Muhvić, Davor Muhvić, Vjekoslav Muhvić, Stanko Muhvić, Slađana Muhvić, Igor Muhvić, Jadranka Muhvić, Petra Muhvić, Branko Muhvić, Kristina Muhvić, Branka Muhvić, Lucijana Muhvić

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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