Surname Miroić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Miroić families are generally Croats (from Novi Marof area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Miroić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only four Croatian places: in Domovec in Novi Marof area (<10), Konjscina in Zlatar area (<5), Zlarin (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

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

Characteristic first names

Milan Miroić, Dragan Miroić, Mladen Miroić, Franjo Miroić, Ivan Miroić, Nadica Miroić, Branka Miroić, Vesna Miroić, Valentina Miroić, Liljana Miroić, Bara Miroić, Bolto Miroić, Stjepan Miroić, Mara Miroić, Cmilja Miroić, Nikolina Miroić, Filip Miroić, Luka Miroić, Lucija Miroić

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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