Surname Mihalić in modern Croatia

Mihalić families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb. In Mihalić Selo in Duga Resa nearly every inhabitant had the family name Mihalić.

Prevalence

About 2000 people with faimily name Mihalić live in Croatia today, in 830 households. There were 2400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 63 cities and 201 other places, mostly in Zagreb (280), Karlovac (150), Duga Resa (130), Podbrezje (60), and in Varazdin (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 45 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (11), Germany (11), Australia (9), France (5), Switzerland (3), Argentina (2), Austria (2), the United Kingdom (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Mihalić (including: Mihalic , Mihalich , Michalic , Mihalicz , Mihalick , Michalick , Mihalics , Mihalitsch , Mihalici and Michalicz ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Mihalic " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 200 in Australia , and some 200 people in Canada. "Mihalich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and some 100 people in Italy. "Mihalitsch " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Mihalić, Maja Mihalić, Anka Mihalić, Marija Mihalić, Josip Mihalić, Andrija Mihalić, Stjepan Mihalić, Biserka Mihalić, Ljiljana Mihalić, Goran Mihalić, Branko Mihalić, Anđelko Mihalić, Zlatko Mihalić, Marina Mihalić, Dražen Mihalić, Ivan Mihalić, Tatjana Mihalić, Mario Mihalić, Ivanka Mihalić

Mentions in sources

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

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