Surname Mikez in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mikez families are Croats (from Glina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area and in Garesnica.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Mikez live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Majske Poljane (<5), Dragotina (<5), Brodski Stupnik in Pleternica area (<5), Kapelica (<5), and in Donji Klasnic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mikez (including: Michez , Michelez ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Mikez " is used by some 80 people in Papua New Guinea , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vedrana Mikez, Dalibor Mikez, Slada Mikez, Branko Mikez, Antun Mikez, Ivan Mikez, Mara Mikez, Zvonko Mikez, Ivana Mikez, Marjana Mikez, Mario Mikez, Kata Mikez, Marija Mikez, Milan Mikez, Lucija Mikez, Nikola Mikez, Anka Mikez, Klara Mikez, Stjepan Mikez

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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