Surname Mesec in modern Croatia

Mesec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Ivanec. In Vitešinec in Ivanec every third inhabitant had the family name Mesec.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Mesec live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Sesvete (70), Ivanec (30), Zagreb (30), Vitesinec (30), and in Popovec (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mesec (including: Messec , Mesetz ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Mesec " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Mesetz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Messec " is used by some 90 people in the United States and about 70 in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Josip Mesec, Mirjana Mesec, Božena Mesec, Alen Mesec, Marijan Mesec, Mirela Mesec, Iva Mesec, Ivan Mesec, Željko Mesec, Zvjezdana Mesec, Bojan Mesec, Dejan Mesec, Kristina Mesec, Stjepan Mesec, Dražen Mesec, Tomislav Mesec, Marija Mesec, Sunčica Mesec, Magdica Mesec

Mentions in sources

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

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