Mehkek families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Koprivnica.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Mehkek live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties and 11 other places, mostly in Novacka in Djurdjevac area (40), Zagreb (30), Koprivnica (25), and in Gola (20) and Repas (10) in Djurdjevac area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Mehkek is present in five countries on two continents.
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.