Surname Meler in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Meler families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Beli Manastir. In Gaćište in Virovitica area every nintieth inhabitant had the family name Meler.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Meler live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Osijek (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), Suhopolje in Virovitica area (<5), and in Vukovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Meler (including: Meller , Mehler , Möller , Mellier , Meeler , Möhler , Mähler , Melher and Meerleer ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Meler " is used by some 900 people in Poland , about 300 in Spain , and some 300 people in the United States. "Mehler " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Brazil. "Meeler " is used by some 600 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marcel Meler, Blaženka Meler, Milan Meler, Sven Meler, Daniel Meler, Tomo Meler, Vjekoslav Meler, Andrej Meler, Marijan Meler, Milka Meler, Dvina Meler, Vestana Meler, Ljiljana Meler, Nikola Meler, Roza Meler, Jovanka Meler, Margareta Meler, Dragan Meler, Svjetlana Meler

Mentions in sources

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

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