Surname Miličević in modern Croatia

Miličević families are often 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 (Posusje area) and in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area). In places Poklečani and Vrpolje in Herzegovina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Miličević.

Prevalence

About 2300 people with faimily name Miličević live in Croatia today, in 910 households. There were 710 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 84 cities and 215 other places, mostly in Zagreb (445), Split (95), Sesvete (90), Vinkovci (80), and in Djakovo (65).

Outside Croatia

At least 46 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (14), Austria (8), Canada (7), Sweden (4), the United States (3), Australia (3), Mexico (2), France (2), Switzerland (2), and to Belgium (1).
Family name Miličević (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

Stipe Miličević, Zoran Miličević, Željko Miličević, Vesna Miličević, Borislav Miličević, Goran Miličević, Ratko Miličević, Mario Miličević, Slobodan Miličević, Vlatko Miličević, Ivana Miličević, Ivan Miličević, Dražen Miličević, Robert Miličević, Ante Miličević, Davor Miličević, Miroslav Miličević, Zvonko Miličević, Snježana Miličević

Mentions in sources

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

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