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Surname Meke in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Meke families are generally Croats (from Ozalj area ), very rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Karlovac.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Meke live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Bubnjarci in Ozalj area (10), Zagreb (<5), and in Karlovac (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Meke (including: Meche , Mece , Mecke , Mekhe , Meeke , Mekke , Mekeh , Mheke and Mekee ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. "Mecke " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and small number of people in Egypt. "Mekhe " is used by few people in the United States. "Mekee " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Sonja Meke,
Rudi Meke,
Zdravko Meke,
Nada Meke,
Nadežda Meke,
Marija Meke,
Nikola Meke,
Marjan Meke,
Ana Meke,
Janko Meke,
Janez Meke,
Ivica Meke,
Željko Meke,
Franc Meke,
Biserka Meke,
Petra Meke,
Žan Meke,
Tomislav Meke,
Matija Meke