Surname Mužić in modern Croatia

Mužić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Cres. According to some sources they are from Dalmatia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Cres. In Orlec on the Island of Cres every second inhabitant had the family name Mužić.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Mužić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 800 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (65), Orlec on the Island of Cres (50), Split (35), and in Solin (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 40 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (24), Australia (7), Canada (2), Brazil (2), Peru (1), Sweden (1), Argentina (1), Germany (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Mužić (including: Muzic , Muzich , Muzick , Muzzic , Muzych and Muzicho ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Muzic " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in Italy. "Muzich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Muzick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Mužić, Šime Mužić, Marija Mužić, Josip Mužić, Kristijan Mužić, Vinko Mužić, Tercizio Mužić, Ivan Mužić, Eugen Mužić, Jagoda Mužić, Vedrana Mužić, Anton Mužić, Zlatko Mužić, Stjepan Mužić, Kristina Mužić, Mario Mužić, Marko Mužić, Valter Mužić, Špiro Mužić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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