Surname Meandžija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Meandžija families are mainly Serbs, equally Croats (from Kastav ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Rijeka. In Majske Poljane in Glina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Meandžija.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Meandžija live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Majske Poljane (15), Glina (<10), Petrinja (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Kastav (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (3), Germany (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Meandžija (including: Meandzija , Mehandiya ) is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Meandžija, Klaudio Meandžija, Dragoslav Meandžija, Bojana Meandžija, Stevo Meandžija, Rade Meandžija, Nevenka Meandžija, Dragica Meandžija, Robert Meandžija, Boris Meandžija, Martina Meandžija, Jasna Meandžija, Marija Meandžija, Stanko Meandžija, Borislav Meandžija, Svetozar Meandžija, Štefica Meandžija, Katarina Meandžija, Mario Meandžija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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