Surname Mendaš in modern Croatia

Mendaš families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In Korenjak in Ivanec area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Mendaš.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Mendaš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Bjelovar (10), Varazdin (<10), Zaluzje (<10), and in Korenjak in Ivanec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mendaš is present in 15 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Ljubica Mendaš, Danijel Mendaš, Gordana Mendaš, Branka Mendaš, Sandra Mendaš, Dejan Mendaš, Dragica Mendaš, Ivan Mendaš, Katica Mendaš, Bojan Mendaš, Željko Mendaš, Franjo Mendaš, Antun Mendaš, Zvonko Mendaš, Stjepan Mendaš, Nada Mendaš, Marija Mendaš, Ranka Mendaš, Sanja Mendaš

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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