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Surname Misir in modern Croatia
Misir families are Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and in North Herzegovina (Jablanica area).
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Prevalence
About 220 people with faimily name Misir live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Posavski Podgajci in Zupanja area (40), Split (25), Imotski (25), and in Draganic in Karlovac area (15).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Misir (including: Mishir , Missir , Missier , Misier and Miessier ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Misir " is used by some 10000 people in Turkey , about 2000 in Egypt , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Miessier " is used by few people in the United States. "Misier " is used by some 80 people in the Netherlands and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Lovro Misir,
Ante Misir,
Ferdo Misir,
Barica Misir,
Tomislav Misir,
Dinko Misir,
Marinko Misir,
Mario Misir,
Vlasta Misir,
Damir Misir,
Marina Misir,
Anđelko Misir,
Milorad Misir,
Željko Misir,
Izeta Misir,
Ilija Misir,
Vedran Misir,
Jakov Misir,
Želimir Misir
