Surname Meić in modern Croatia

Meić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vodice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Vodice area. In Pirovac in Vodice area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Meić.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Meić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Pirovac in Vodice area (105), Zagreb (90), Zadar (20), Sibenik (20), and in Split (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Meić (including: Meic , Meich , Meiche , Meici , Meicht , Meick , Meitsch , Meicho , Meichl and Meizz ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Meic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Meich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Meizz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Meić, Mirela Meić, Robert Meić, Vice Meić, Jurica Meić, Ninoslav Meić, Nada Meić, Zoran Meić, Valentina Meić, Antonio Meić, Marijana Meić, Srećko Meić, Ivica Meić, Dolores Meić, Slavko Meić, Karmen Meić, Olja Meić, Neven Meić, Krešimir Meić

Mentions in sources

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

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