Surname Mesi in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Mesi live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Oresac in Virovitica area (<10), Slatina (<5), Virovitica (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mesi (including: Messi , Messie , Meshi , Mhesi , Messih , Mesih , Mesie , Meshii and Meesi ) is present in 127 countries worldwide. "Mesih " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Messih " is used by some 600 people in Egypt , about 70 in the United States , and some 60 people in Australia. "Meshii " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Mesi, Maja Mesi, Igor Mesi, Marica Mesi, Erna Mesi, Petar Mesi, Saša Mesi, Helena Mesi, Stjepan Mesi, Ana Mesi, Franjo Mesi, Kata Mesi, Marijan Mesi, Ivana Mesi, Marija Mesi, Marijana Mesi, Mirjana Mesi, Roža Mesi, Vera Mesi

Mentions in sources

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

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