Surname Mikša in modern Croatia

Mikša families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slovenia. In Lučelnica in Jastrebarsko area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Mikša.

Prevalence

About 560 people with faimily name Mikša live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 650 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 61 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Radoboj in Krapina area (35), Krapina (35), Lucelnica in Jastrebarsko area (30), and in Vrbisnica in Pregrada area (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mikša (including: Miksa , Miksha , Micsa , Miksza , Mikshra , Mikshta , Micksa and Mieksa ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Miksa " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Germany. "Mieksa " is used by few people in the United States. "Micksa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Mikša, Dragutin Mikša, Milivoj Mikša, Ivan Mikša, Danijel Mikša, Dubravka Mikša, Kristijan Mikša, Nikola Mikša, Marijan Mikša, Jadranka Mikša, Una Mikša, Željko Mikša, Siniša Mikša, Darko Mikša, Igor Mikša, Anita Mikša, Krešo Mikša, Denis Mikša, Sanja Mikša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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