Surname Meničanin in modern Croatia

Meničanin families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Meničanin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Sesvete (<10), Rujevac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10), Opatija (<5), Liznjan in Pula area (<5), and in Masic in Nova Gradiska area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Meničanin is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Meničanin, Milenko Meničanin, Isabell Meničanin, Ruža Meničanin, Ljuban Meničanin, Slobodan Meničanin, Goran Meničanin, Perica Meničanin, Milan Meničanin, Damir Meničanin, Nataša Meničanin, Valerija Meničanin, Branko Meničanin, Đurđica Meničanin, Marijana Meničanin, Gordana Meničanin, Renata Meničanin, Mile Meničanin, Sanja Meničanin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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