Surname Miliša in modern Croatia

Miliša families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Sibenik. In Ložnice in Trogir area every second inhabitant had the family name Miliša.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Miliša live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Split (30), Primosten in Sibenik area (25), Sibenik (15), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Miliša (including: Melissa , Milisa , Melisa , Milissa , Mellisa , Millisa , Melysa , Milisha , Melissia and Millissa ) is present in 89 countries worldwide. The family name "Milisa " is used by some 70 people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Morocco. "Milissa " is used by some 400 people in Algeria , about 70 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Millissa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Miliša, Ante Miliša, Marko Miliša, Snježana Miliša, Jadranka Miliša, Zoran Miliša, Joško Miliša, Milivoj Miliša, Šime Miliša, Suzana Miliša, Damir Miliša, Dražen Miliša, Anita Miliša, Mario Miliša, Vjekoslav Miliša, Željko Miliša, Ivan Miliša, Ivana Miliša, Marija Miliša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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