Surname Miljas in modern Croatia

Miljas families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Mihanići in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Miljas.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Miljas live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 11 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (25), in Cavtat (20) and Mihanici (15) in Dubrovnik area, Vodice (<10), and in Trsteno (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Miljas (including: Milyas , Milias , Millias , Melias and Milyash ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Miljas " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Milias " is used by some 200 people in Greece , small number in Zimbabwe , and small number of people in the United States. "Millias " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Zimbabwe , and small number of people in Morocco.

Characteristic first names

Niko Miljas, Jozo Miljas, Nela Miljas, Duško Miljas, Mario Miljas, Nikoleta Miljas, Ivo Miljas, Marina Miljas, Miho Miljas, Emila Miljas, Katija Miljas, Vedran Miljas, Tonći Miljas, Ante Miljas, Petar Miljas, Nataša Miljas, Ana Miljas, Marija Miljas, Anita Miljas

Mentions in sources

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

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