Surname Milićević in modern Croatia

Milićević families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Citluk area) and in Herzegovina (Mostar area). In places Veliki Ograđenik and Broćanac in Herzegovina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Milićević.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Milićević live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Dubrovnik (30), Rijeka (25), Split (20), and in Vinkovci (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Milićević (including: Milicevic , Milichevich , Milicevich and Milicewic ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Milicevic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 100 people in Austria. "Milicevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dijana Milićević, Ivana Milićević, Mirjana Milićević, Krešimir Milićević, Robert Milićević, Ivan Milićević, Tea Milićević, Ilija Milićević, Stjepan Milićević, Nada Milićević, Valentina Milićević, Josip Milićević, Mario Milićević, Siniša Milićević, Franjo Milićević, Boran Milićević, Vesna Milićević, Marino Milićević, Nikola Milićević

Mentions in sources

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

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