Surname Milat in modern Croatia

Milat families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Split. In Seget Gornji in Trogir area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Milat.

Prevalence

About 620 people with faimily name Milat live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Trogir (125), Blato on the Island of Korcula (100), Split (65), Zagreb (55), and in Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area (50).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), the United States (2), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Milat (including: Millat , Mellat , Milliat , Melat , Millath , Millatt , Milaat , Millathe and Milath ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. "Melat " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in France. "Mellat " is used by some 900 people in Iran , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Kazakhstan. "Melathe " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vinko Milat, Josip Milat, Petar Milat, Ivan Milat, Aljoša Milat, Anton Milat, Marko Milat, Milivoj Milat, Bibica Milat, Dubravko Milat, Boris Milat, Zlata Milat, Ivo Milat, Ozren Milat, Frane Milat, Davorka Milat, Žana Milat, Sunčana Milat, Božana Milat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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