Miletino ( mk, Милетино, sq, Miletinë) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Brvenica,

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

History

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Miletino appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes. The names are: Nikolla Arbanas; Mihail, his son; Mihail, son of Mar-k-a- Gjon; Niko (Pet-ko), son of Bardo; Gjorgji, his brother; Dimitri, son of Visan; Pelegrin, son of Visan; Bard-o, immigrant; Andre-ja Arbanas (t.Arnaut); Gurgur Arbanas (t.Arnaut); Bogdan, son of Doran; Gjon, son of Bardo; Dimitri, son of Todor; Dimitri, son of Nik-o-; Gjon, his son; Ilçe, son of Marin; Gjonova, widow; Mara, widow; Janko, son of Gjon; Lazor, son of Rale; Lamb-o, the son of Rale; Lamb-o, the son of Boja; Gjon, his brother; Lazor, son of Hutan; Dimitri, son of Tan-ço; Dimitri the son of Man-ko; Meno, son of Tanush; Lazor, son of Tan-çe; Lamb-o, the son of Nik-çe; Jovan, son of Gjin-o; Nik-o, son of Tanush.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Miletino had 1,674 residents with the following ethnic composition: *Albanians 1,105 *Macedonians 501 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 64 *Others 4 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,986 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002)
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 75. *

Albanians The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Se ...

– 1,336 * Macedonians – 642 *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

– 2 *Others – 6 According to the 1942

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

census, Miletino was inhabited by 637

, 603

Muslim Albanians Islam in Albania mainly arrived during the Ottoman period when the majority of Albanians over time converted to Islam. Following the Albanian National Awakening (Rilindja) tenets and the deemphasizing of religion during the 20th century, t ...

and 16

Bulgarians Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe. Etymology Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely understo ...

. In statistics gathered by

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician. Biography Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom, ...

in 1900, the village of Miletino was inhabited by 200 Orthodox Bulgarians and 135 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900).
Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics
'. Sofia. p. 264.

Sports

Local football club KF Rrufeja plays in the OFS Tetovo league.

References

External links

Villages in Brvenica Municipality Albanian communities in North Macedonia {{Brvenica-geo-stub