Surname Miščević in modern Croatia

Miščević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Ogulin area , whereas often Croats (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin area and in Zagreb. In Vojnovac in Ogulin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Miščević.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Miščević live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 830 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 57 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Josipdol in Ogulin area (25), Rijeka (20), Vukovar (20), and in Pozega (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Miščević (including: Miscevic , Miscevich , Mishcevich , Mischevich and Miscewicz ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. "Miscevich " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Argentina , and small number of people in Australia. "Miscewicz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljubomir Miščević, Nedeljka Miščević, Predrag Miščević, Dejan Miščević, Eduard Miščević, Ljubiša Miščević, Siniša Miščević, Đorđe Miščević, Branka Miščević, Dalibor Miščević, Olga Miščević, Manda Miščević, Željko Miščević, Nenad Miščević, Marija Miščević, Milan Miščević, Tomislav Miščević, Branko Miščević, Dušan Miščević

Mentions in sources

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

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