Surname Milješić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Milješić families are generally Serbs, very rarely Croats (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Novi area) and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Bosanska Krupa area).

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Milješić live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Donja Zelina (<10), Vukovar (<10), Drljaca in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5), and in Beli Manastir (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Milješić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Borka Milješić, Fahrija Milješić, Željko Milješić, Dušan Milješić, Slađana Milješić, Renata Milješić, Bojan Milješić, Siniša Milješić, Zoran Milješić, Mladen Milješić, Sandra Milješić, Mirko Milješić, Ana Milješić, Damir Milješić, Predrag Milješić, Borislavka Milješić, Dijana Milješić, Milanka Milješić, Pero Milješić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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