Surname Megla in modern Croatia

Megla families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Megla live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Cakovec (25), Koprivnica (15), Bjelovar (<10), and in Babinac in Grubisno Polje area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Megla (including: Meghala , Meghla and Meghlah ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Megla " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Megla, Stjepan Megla, Antun Megla, Branka Megla, Ines Megla, Damir Megla, Mladen Megla, Ivanka Megla, Željko Megla, Elvira Megla, Mario Megla, Helena Megla, Zvonimir Megla, Želimir Megla, Milan Megla, Sanela Megla, Vildana Megla, Rino Megla, Hrvoje Megla

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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