Surname Mijoč in modern Croatia

Mijoč families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Vrgorac area.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Mijoč live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Metkovic (50), Otok in Sinj area (35), Mliniste in Opuzen area (20), Zagreb (20), and in Split (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mijoč is present in five countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Mijoč, Vinko Mijoč, Dragan Mijoč, Antonella Mijoč, Ivan Mijoč, Ivana Mijoč, Cvijeta Mijoč, Astrid Mijoč, Martin Mijoč, Josip Mijoč, Mario Mijoč, Srećko Mijoč, Miroslav Mijoč, Davorka Mijoč, Nada Mijoč, Nikica Mijoč, Ivo Mijoč, Draženka Mijoč, Mirela Mijoč

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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