Surname Mišir in modern Croatia

Mišir families are Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Krizevci area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Mišir live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (25), Jakopovac in Krizevci area (10), Zagreb (10), Krizevci (<10), and in Visnjevac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mišir (including: Misir , Mishir , Missir , Missier , Misier , Missair , Mischier , Miessier and Miescier ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Misir " is used by some 10000 people in Turkey , about 2000 in Egypt , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Miessier " is used by few people in the United States. "Misier " is used by some 80 people in the Netherlands and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Mišir, Darko Mišir, Zvonko Mišir, Martina Mišir, Krešimir Mišir, Vera Mišir, Ivana Mišir, Nevenka Mišir, Sarita Mišir, Branka Mišir, Ivan Mišir, Željko Mišir, Lidija Mišir, Goran Mišir, Alen Mišir, Daniel Mišir, Kristina Mišir, Petar Mišir, Milan Mišir

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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