Mlinac families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Mlinac live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Karlovac (30), Ogulin (25), Dobrenici in Ogulin area (20), and in Velika Gorica (10).
Outside Croatia
At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (9), Germany (6), and to the United States (2). Family name Mlinac is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Mlinac " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Mlinaz " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.