In Croatia, Murica families are predominantly Croats (from Bosnian Krajina ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Rijeka ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Mrkonjic Grad area) and in Rijeka. In Baljvine in Bosnian Krajina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Murica.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Murica live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled. They are located in only four naselja i to in Rijeka (20), Viskovo in Rijeka area (<10), Opric (<5), and in Pula (<5).
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.