Milekić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Daruvar area , whereas often Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Daruvar area. In Zelenci in Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Milekić.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Milekić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 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 19 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), Zagreb (15), Daruvar (<10), Pula (<10), and in Belisce (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.