Surname Mirt in modern Croatia

Mirt families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Donja Stubica. In Hruševec in Donja Stubica every ninth inhabitant had the family name Mirt.

Prevalence

About 440 people with faimily name Mirt live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Donja Stubica (55), Hrusevec (40), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (25), and in Oroslavje (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mirt (including: Mirth , Mirtha , Miertschin , Miertsch , Miert , Myrthe , Myrtha , Myrt and Myrth ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Mirt " is used by some 200 people in Romania , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Venezuela. "Mirth " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Austria , and some 60 people in Pakistan. "Miertschin " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Mirt, Irena Mirt, Goran Mirt, Svemir Mirt, Bruno Mirt, Davor Mirt, Mario Mirt, Milan Mirt, Velimir Mirt, Snježana Mirt, Ivica Mirt, Biserka Mirt, Anton Mirt, Zlatko Mirt, Josip Mirt, Gordana Mirt, Tomislav Mirt, Fran Mirt, Mirjana Mirt

Mentions in sources

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

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