Surname Mejaški in modern Croatia

Mejaški families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Mejaški live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Karlovac (35), in Barilovic (15) and Skupica (15) in Duga Resa area, Zagreb (10), and in Duga Resa (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mejaški (including: Mejaski , Meyaski ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Mejaski " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Kenya. "Meyaski " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Mejaški, Ljudevit Mejaški, Milan Mejaški, Ida Mejaški, Emil Mejaški, Dalia Mejaški, Damir Mejaški, Dubravka Mejaški, Josip Mejaški, Suzana Mejaški, Dražen Mejaški, Tomislav Mejaški, Mirjana Mejaški, Božena Mejaški, Željka Mejaški, Radojka Mejaški, Vlado Mejaški, Ivana Mejaški, Branka Mejaški

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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