Surname Mekišić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mekišić families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and on Peljesac Peninsula.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Mekišić live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Luka on the Peljesac peninsula (20), Dubrovnik (<10), Broce on the Peljesac peninsula (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Mokosica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mekišić (including: Mekisic , Mekisich ) is present in five countries on four continents. "Mekisich " is used by small number of people in South Africa and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Mekišić, Tonći Mekišić, Darija Mekišić, Marijana Mekišić, Božidar Mekišić, Maja Mekišić, Ines Mekišić, Mara Mekišić, Marina Mekišić, Milenka Mekišić, Ante Mekišić, Jakša Mekišić, Josip Mekišić, Nikolina Mekišić, Antonia Mekišić, Nikša Mekišić, Terezija Mekišić, Anica Mekišić, Janja Mekišić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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