In Croatia, Milaj families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Bjelovar area. In Utiskani in Bjelovar area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Milaj.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Milaj live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Kokinac (<10), Utiskani in Bjelovar area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Bjelovar (<5), and in Daruvar (<5).