Surname Miljević in modern Croatia

Miljević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina. According to some sources they are from Sandzak area, often Croats from Slavonski Brod area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Osijek. In places Borovita and Brezovo Polje in Glina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Miljević.

Prevalence

About 570 people with faimily name Miljević live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Privlaka (35), Split (30), Rijeka (30), and in Topolo in Dubrovnik area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Australia (3), the United States (2), Belgium (1), Norway (1), Switzerland (1), Austria (1), and to France (1).
Family name Miljević (including: Miljevic , Miljevich , Milyevich , Miglievich , Milievich and Milievici ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Miljevic " is used by some 60 people in Austria , some 60 people in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Miljevich " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Miljević, Veljko Miljević, Đuro Miljević, Siniša Miljević, Marinko Miljević, Aleksandar Miljević, Suzana Miljević, Alenka Miljević, Dragan Miljević, Tihomir Miljević, Vladimir Miljević, Sanja Miljević, Edvin Miljević, Marijan Miljević, Duško Miljević, Vesna Miljević, Rade Miljević, Marko Miljević, Dejan Miljević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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