Surname Milinković in modern Croatia

Milinković families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Gospic. According to some sources they are from Pazariste and east Herzegovina, often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Zagreb. In Kokočak in Orahovica every fourth inhabitant had the family name Milinković.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Milinković live in Croatia today, in 500 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 67 cities and 113 other places, mostly in Zagreb (225), Gospic (45), Rijeka (35), Osijek (30), and in Brsadin in Vukovar area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (11), Germany (10), Canada (6), the United States (3), the Netherlands (1), and to Belgium (1).
Family name Milinković (including: Milinkovich , Milinkovic , Melinkovich , Melinkhovich and Milinkovick ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Milinkovic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Senegal. "Milinkovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Milinkovick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vjekoslav Milinković, Dražen Milinković, Ivan Milinković, Ivana Milinković, Branimir Milinković, Ljerka Milinković, Dubravko Milinković, Dajana Milinković, Milan Milinković, Bosiljka Milinković, Ginka Milinković, Miodrag Milinković, Alan Milinković, Krešimir Milinković, Nikica Milinković, Nelica Milinković, Gordana Milinković, Mario Milinković, Slavko Milinković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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