Surname Mileta in modern Croatia

Mileta families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. According to some sources they are from Sibenik, rarely Serbs from Drnis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Labin area. In Županići in Labin area every third inhabitant had the family name Mileta.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Mileta live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Sibenik (35), Split (25), Labin (20), in Tkon on the Island of Pasman (15) and in Puli.

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Argentina (1), Austria (1), and to Belgium (1).
Family name Mileta (including: Miletta , Meletta and Meleta ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Miletta " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 200 in the United States , and some 70 people in Brazil. "Meleta " is used by some 1000 people in Ethiopia , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danijel Mileta, Vladimir Mileta, Malvina Mileta, Tatjana Mileta, Vlatko Mileta, Davor Mileta, Marin Mileta, Boris Mileta, Ante Mileta, Ketrin Mileta, Elvis Mileta, Bojan Mileta, Željko Mileta, Nataša Mileta, Špiro Mileta, Ivo Mileta, Marina Mileta, Živko Mileta, Kata Mileta, Aldo Mileta, Ratko Mileta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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