Mijatović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area). In Mijatovići in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Mijatović.
Prevalence
About 2500 people with faimily name Mijatović live in Croatia today, in 1000 households. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 92 cities and 276 other places, mostly in Zagreb (395), Osijek (110), Split (85), Rijeka (75), and in Vinkovci (55).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1721 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.