Surname Miljak in modern Croatia

Miljak families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. According to some sources they are from Omis area (Nova Sela) gdje se doselili from Zenica, Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Drnis area. In Ćehajići in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Miljak.

Prevalence

About 840 people with faimily name Miljak live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 68 other places, mostly in Split (160), Zagreb (95), Slavonski Brod (70), Dugi Rat in Omis area (50), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Switzerland (2), Finland (1), Sweden (1), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Miljak (including: Milyak , Meljac , Melyakh , Hmeljak , Milyakh , Melyak and Miliak ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Miljak " is used by some 100 people in South Africa , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Milyak " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Belarus. "Miliak " is used by few people in Canada , few people in Indonesia , and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Miljak, Ante Miljak, Ivana Miljak, Arjana Miljak, Milenko Miljak, Vesna Miljak, Mijo Miljak, Ivan Miljak, Josip Miljak, Tomislav Miljak, Ivica Miljak, Miho Miljak, Anđela Miljak, Igor Miljak, Snježana Miljak, Marija Miljak, Sanja Miljak, Dinko Miljak, Mario Miljak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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