Mirčeta families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Drnis. In Miočić in Drnis every seventh inhabitant had the family name Mirčeta.
Prevalence
About 200 people with faimily name Mirčeta live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Split (40), Prisoje in Sinj area (40), Zadar (35), Sibenik (15), and in Zagreb (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Mirčeta is present in 10 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.