Surname Memišević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Memišević families are mainly Croats (from Dugo Selo ), equally Bosniaks (from Podrinje (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area). In Nurići in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Memišević.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Memišević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Dugo Selo (<10), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Memišević is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Memisevic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Austria , and small number of people in Sweden.

Characteristic first names

Anita Memišević, Šemsa Memišević, Hamil Memišević, Sida Memišević, Ranka Memišević, Sead Memišević, Slađan Memišević, Emir Memišević, Muhamed Memišević, Edin Memišević, Melita Memišević, Mirsad Memišević, Zijad Memišević, Gordana Memišević, Tanja Memišević, Idriz Memišević, Ragib Memišević, Hilmija Memišević, Šemnun Memišević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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