Mešin families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Drnis. In Umljanović in Drnis area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Mešin.
Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Mešin live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Split (145), Zagreb (40), Ruzic in Drnis area (20), Solin (15), and in Umljanovic in Drnis area (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.