Surname Milina in modern Croatia

Milina 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 in Split and on the Island of Korcula. In Lumbarda on the Island of Korcula every sixth inhabitant had the family name Milina.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Milina live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Lumbarda on the Island of Korcula (160), Split (45), Prugovo in Solin area (30), Zagreb (20), and in Dubrovnik (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Milina (including: Melina , Mellina , Millina , Mylina , Melyna , Mihlina , Mellyna , Melinah and Myllina ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. "Millina " is used by some 200 people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States. "Mellina " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 500 in the Philippines , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Milina, Frano Milina, Biljana Milina, Ivana Milina, Andrija Milina, Đani Milina, Daria Milina, Marica Milina, Roko Milina, Lidija Milina, Ivan Milina, Ljiljana Milina, Irena Milina, Tonči Milina, Franko Milina, Jasna Milina, Tereza Milina, Goran Milina, Cvijeta Milina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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