In Croatia, Miani families are mainly Croats (from Novigrad ), less frequently Italians (from Buje area ), and barely Slovenes (from Novigrad ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buje area and in Umag. In Kostanjica in Buje area every second inhabitant had the family name Miani.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Miani live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Novigrad (20), Vrbovsko (<10), Rijeka (<5), Sisak (<5), and in Kmeti (<5).
