Surname Milisavljević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Milisavljević families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Djakovo area ), and barely Slovenes (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Serbia and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Milisavljević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Pula (10), Osijek (<10), Bjelkovac in Slatina area (<5), and in Vukovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Milisavljević (including: Milisavljevich , Milisavljevic ) is present in 21 countries on four continents. The family name "Milisavljevic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Milisavljevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branislav Milisavljević, Nada Milisavljević, Igor Milisavljević, Rajkica Milisavljević, Ognjan Milisavljević, Radivoje Milisavljević, Željko Milisavljević, Daniela Milisavljević, Predrag Milisavljević, Ozren Milisavljević, Marijana Milisavljević, Zoran Milisavljević, Ratko Milisavljević, Ana Milisavljević, Mišo Milisavljević, Nenad Milisavljević, Velisav Milisavljević, Sanja Milisavljević, Darinka Milisavljević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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