Surname Mišta in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mišta families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Mišta live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Pomer in Pula area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Krk on the Island of Krk (<5), Marcelji in Rijeka area (<5), and in Njivice on the Island of Krk (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mišta (including: Mista , Mishta , Mishuta , Mishita , Miszta , Mishota , Misheta , Mistah , Mishtha and Mistha ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. "Mishtha " is used by few people in the United States. "Mistha " is used by few people in the United States. "Miszta " is used by some 400 people in Poland , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Mišta, Gordana Mišta, Neven Mišta, Antun Mišta, Ljiljana Mišta, Alison Mišta, Marina Mišta, Matija Mišta, Višnja Mišta, Ivana Mišta, Eduard Mišta, Željko Mišta, Željka Mišta, Kata Mišta, Ljubica Mišta, Miroslava Mišta, Krešimir Mišta, Damir Mišta, Snežana Mišta

Mentions in sources

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.

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