Surname Miri in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Miri families are Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Miri live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Cakovec (15), in Belica (10) and Gardinovec (<10) in Cakovec area, Zagreb (<10), and in Dekanovec in Prelog area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Miri (including: Mhiri , Mirie , Mirri , Miry , Mirii , Mieri , Mirih , Mihri and Mirhi ) is present in 92 countries worldwide. "Mieri " is used by some 90 people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Ecuador. "Myri " is used by few people in the United States. "Mirry " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Miri, Stjepan Miri, Josip Miri, Ljubica Miri, Sanja Miri, Anita Miri, Motalleb Miri, Tatjana Miri, Vlatko Miri, Marijan Miri, Đurđica Miri, Emina Miri, Mario Miri, Marija Miri, Jasmina Miri, Ivan Miri, Dragutin Miri, Kristijan Miri, Monika Miri

Mentions in sources

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

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