Surname Milišić in modern Croatia

Milišić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Solin , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Solin. In places Mujakovići and Pidriš in Middle Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Milišić.

Prevalence

About 440 people with faimily name Milišić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Solin (90), Split (70), Zagreb (50), Vranjic (35), and in Sibenik (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Milišić (including: Milisic , Milisich , Milishich and Milissich ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Milisic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , about 70 in Canada , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Milišić, Damir Milišić, Veran Milišić, Domagoj Milišić, Tonći Milišić, Marijan Milišić, Vjekoslav Milišić, Mario Milišić, Mirjana Milišić, Sandra Milišić, Tina Milišić, Perica Milišić, Neda Milišić, Elvir Milišić, Ana Milišić, Kajo Milišić, Renato Milišić, Berislav Milišić, Irena Milišić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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