Surname Milan in modern Croatia

Milan families are Croats and they are mostly from Metkovic. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Metkovic. In Poljice in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Milan.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Milan live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Metkovic (35), Kastel Stari (20), Split (20), Sinj (<10), and in Kastel Novi (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Milan (including: Millan , Millian , Milhan , Mihlan , Millahn , Milann , Milhahn , Mielan and Milaan ) is present in 144 countries worldwide. "Milhan " is used by some 800 people in Sri Lanka , about 400 in Brazil , and some 100 people in Saudi Arabia , some 100 people in the United States. "Mihlan " is used by some 200 people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Milann " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Fabjanko Milan, Ivica Milan, Zoran Milan, Goran Milan, Vesna Milan, Damira Milan, Joško Milan, Leopold Milan, Nikolina Milan, Vladimir Milan, Alen Milan, Ante Milan, Renata Milan, Elizabeta Milan, Vido Milan, Damir Milan, Ljubica Milan, Mirjana Milan, Matej Milan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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