Surname Mišetić in modern Croatia

Mišetić families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area) and in Split.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Mišetić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Split (40), Splitska on the Island of Brac (25), Slavonski Brod (20), and in Selca on the Island of Brac (20).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Mišetić (including: Misetic , Misetich ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Misetic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Chile , and some 60 people in Germany. "Misetich " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Mišetić, Bosiljko Mišetić, Karlo Mišetić, Sandra Mišetić, Stipan Mišetić, Dragan Mišetić, Emilijan Mišetić, Stjepan Mišetić, Anka Mišetić, Roko Mišetić, Abraham Mišetić, Mirela Mišetić, Damir Mišetić, Mate Mišetić, Vesna Mišetić, Valentino Mišetić, Miroslav Mišetić, Ksenija Mišetić, Karmen Mišetić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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