Surname Miklić in modern Croatia

Miklić families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Miklić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area (40), Tribalj in Novi Vinodolski area (20), Crikvenica (15), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), the United States (3), Germany (2), and to Austria (2).
Family name Miklić (including: Miklic , Miklich , Micklich , Miklitsch , Micklitsch , Mikhlich , Mikhlych , Miklichev , Micklick and Miklicz ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Miklic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Argentina. "Miklich " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Miklitsch " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Miklić, Dina Miklić, Pavle Miklić, Ivan Miklić, Slavko Miklić, Mato Miklić, Luka Miklić, Anđelo Miklić, Mirela Miklić, Jasna Miklić, Gordana Miklić, Ivana Miklić, Suzana Miklić, Siniša Miklić, Neven Miklić, Milan Miklić, Željka Miklić, Boris Miklić, Marijo Miklić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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