In Croatia, Meseš families are Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and in Nova Gradiska area.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Meseš live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Cernik in Nova Gradiska area (<10), Virovitica (<5), Sveti Djuradj (<5), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<5), and in Osijek (<5).