Surname Meleš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Meleš families are generally Croats (from Osijek area ), very rarely Germans (also from Osijek area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek area and in Osijek. In Čepin in Osijek area every two-hundredth inhabitant had the family name Meleš.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Meleš live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Cepin in Osijek area (20), Zagreb (10), Osijek (<10), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Meleš (including: Meles , Melesse , Melles , Melesh , Meless , Melesha , Meleschi , Melessa , Melessi and Melesz ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. "Melesse " is used by some 80000 people in Ethiopia , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany. "Meleschi " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Melessa " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Meleš, Igor Meleš, Sanja Meleš, Jagoda Meleš, Marija Meleš, Marijana Meleš, Ivica Meleš, Vlado Meleš, Ivan Meleš, Renata Meleš, Goran Meleš, Zoran Meleš, Zlatko Meleš, Danijela Meleš, Mirko Meleš, Eva Meleš, Josip Meleš, Željko Meleš, Damir Meleš

Mentions in sources

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

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