Surname Meniga in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Meniga families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Meniga live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (10), Sibenik (<5), Vodice (<5), and in Krapina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Meniga is present in 6 countries on four continents. "Meeniga " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Andrej Meniga, Dunja Meniga, Iris Meniga, Danijel Meniga, Emil Meniga, Josip Meniga, Aleksandar Meniga, Dubravko Meniga, Doris Meniga, Ivan Meniga, Vedran Meniga, Željko Meniga, Karlo Meniga, Aleksandra Meniga, Tomislav Meniga, Ena Meniga, Lana Meniga, Adela Meniga, Marija Meniga

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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