Surname Miškić in modern Croatia

Miškić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area). In Ljesovina in North Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Miškić.

Prevalence

About 570 people with faimily name Miškić live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 61 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Sesvete (30), Sibenik (30), Vinkovci (30), and in Cepin in Osijek area (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Miškić (including: Miskic , Mischnick , Miskich , Mischlich , Mischevich , Mischick , Miscic and Miscich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Miskic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and small number of people in Austria. "Miscic " is used by few people in the United States. "Mischnick " is used by some 200 people in Germany and about 200 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Blaženka Miškić, Mirko Miškić, Boris Miškić, Hrvoje Miškić, Mira Miškić, Nevena Miškić, Julija Miškić, Pero Miškić, Zakarija Miškić, Nevenka Miškić, Frano Miškić, Darko Miškić, Tugomir Miškić, Davor Miškić, Ivan Miškić, Andrea Miškić, Ante Miškić, Sanja Miškić, Alen Miškić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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