Surname Mehanović in modern Croatia

Mehanović families are mainly Bosniaks and they are mostly from Tuzla Region (Bosnia), also Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Lopare area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area). In Nahvioci in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) every tenth inhabitant had the family name Mehanović.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Mehanović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Mursko Sredisce (15), Zagreb (15), Pula (<10), and in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mehanović (including: Mehanovic , Mechanovic ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Mehanovic " is used by some 300 people in Iraq , about 200 in the United States , and some 50 people in Sweden. "Mechanovic " is used by few people in Canada and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Mehanović, Marija Mehanović, Meho Mehanović, Muhamed Mehanović, Zahir Mehanović, Emir Mehanović, Amir Mehanović, Alma Mehanović, Ernes Mehanović, Ljiljana Mehanović, Novalija Mehanović, Mehrunisa Mehanović, Enver Mehanović, Rasema Mehanović, Almir Mehanović, Damir Mehanović, Hasan Mehanović, Mina Mehanović, Rajko Mehanović

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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