Surname Mijak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mijak families are predominantly Croats (from Vrbovec area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Mijak live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Gradecki Pavlovec (<10) and Zabrdje (<10) in Vrbovec area, Zagreb (<5), Bukovic (<5), and in Krizevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mijak (including: Miyachi , Myjak , Mijac , Milyak , Miyak , Milyakh , Miyaq , Mijach and Mijack ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Mijak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mijack " is used by few people in the United States. "Mijac " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Mijak, Miljenko Mijak, Kristina Mijak, Zlatko Mijak, Marica Mijak, Ivan Mijak, Zlata Mijak, Nada Mijak, Vlado Mijak, Dragana Mijak, Helena Mijak, Roza Mijak, Jana Mijak, Gjuro Mijak, Mirko Mijak, Andjela Mijak, Mijo Mijak, Sofija Mijak, Ana Mijak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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