Surname Milos in modern Croatia

Milos families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , less frequently Italians (from Buje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area) and in North Herzegovina (Konjic area). In Rudnik in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Milos.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Milos live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Umag (10), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (<10), Zadar (<10), and in Dajla (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Milos (including: Milosz , Milosh , Mellos , Melos , Mellios , Millos , Melosh , Millios and Miloss ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Milos " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 400 in Poland , and some 300 people in Czech Republic. "Milosz " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Milosh " is used by some 300 people in Belarus , about 200 in Russian Federation , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alferio Milos, Nebojša Milos, Zlatko Milos, Corrado Milos, Marian Milos, Rene Milos, Zdravco Milos, Drago Milos, Martin Milos, Mihai Milos, Ioan Milos, Svjetlana Milos, Nicolae Milos, Bojan Milos, Marijana Milos, Petru Milos, Suzana Milos, Mario Milos, Erminio Milos

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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