Meaški families are Croats and they are mostly from Lipik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lipik and Kutina. In Marino Selo in Lipik every sixth inhabitant had the family name Meaški.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Meaški live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and threee other places, mostly in Marino Selo (40), Kutina (20), Zagreb (<10), Pula (<10), and in Bestovje in Samobor area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Meaški is present in four countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.