Surname Meršić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Meršić families are generally Croats (from Virovitica ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Slatina.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Meršić live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in two Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Virovitica (<10), in Budakovac (<10) and Suhopolje (<5) in Virovitica area, Bistrica (<5), and in Slatina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Meršić (including: Mersic , Mersich and Mershich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. "Mersich " is used by some 100 people in Hungary , about 100 in Austria , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Meršić, Ivan Meršić, Marija Meršić, Martin Meršić, Ignac Meršić, Šimon Meršić, Konrad Meršić, Stjepan Meršić, Željko Meršić, Šime Meršić, Žuža Meršić, Ivica Meršić, Josip Meršić, Ljiljana Meršić, Mirjana Meršić, Karlo Meršić, Zlatko Meršić, Daniel Meršić, Terezija Meršić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1692 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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