Surname Meglajec in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Meglajec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located and 8 other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Gornji Stupnik in Samobor area (25), Seoce in Pozega area (<10), Donji Stupnik in Samobor area (<10), and in Ozalj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Meglajec is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Irena Meglajec, Branko Meglajec, Ivica Meglajec, Ivan Meglajec, Nediljka Meglajec, Nenad Meglajec, Zlatko Meglajec, Ivana Meglajec, Stjepan Meglajec, Josip Meglajec, Anica Meglajec, Vesna Meglajec, Nena Meglajec, Davor Meglajec, Marijan Meglajec, Sandra Meglajec, Goran Meglajec, Đurđica Meglajec, Antonio Meglajec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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