Surname Meleh in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Meleh families are generally Croats (from Backa, Vojvodina ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Kosovo.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Meleh live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (15) and Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Meleh (including: Melech , Meleth , Melechì , Melechin , Melecha , Melechko , Mellech , Melechen and Melechi ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. "Meleth " is used by some 60 people in Kazakhstan , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in United Arab Emirates , small number of people in the United States. "Melechen " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Meleh, Marko Meleh, Sanja Meleh, Damir Meleh, Dinko Meleh, Tomislav Meleh, Drago Meleh, Ljerka Meleh, Ivana Meleh, Ksenija Meleh, Nika Meleh, Branko Meleh, Ena Meleh, Roko Meleh, Marijan Meleh, Nada Meleh, Jelena Meleh, Mihovil Meleh, Slavica Meleh

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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