Surname Melada in modern Croatia

Melada families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Split.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Melada live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Lukoran on the Island of Ugljan (25), Zadar (15), Split (15), Rijeka (15), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Melada is present in 10 countries worldwide. The family name "Melada " is used by some 90 people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Mauritania.

Characteristic first names

Ante Melada, Ivo Melada, Adina Melada, Daniel Melada, Nada Melada, Zoran Melada, Antonia Melada, Bruno Melada, Zlatko Melada, Vivijana Melada, Ana Melada, Ivana Melada, Jasna Melada, Tonći Melada, Gordana Melada, Maja Melada, Marko Melada, Linda Melada, Vlatko Melada

Mentions in sources

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

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