Surname Mesić in modern Croatia

Mesić families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj area (Brinje). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj area and in Zagreb. In places Križ Kamenica and Stajnica in Senj area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Mesić.

Prevalence

About 1500 people with faimily name Mesić live in Croatia today, in 650 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 63 cities and 118 other places, mostly in Zagreb (275), Sisak (100), Brinje in Senj area (65), Vinkovci (50), and in Smoljanac in Otocac area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 60 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (17), Germany (13), Australia (9), France (7), the United States (5), Sweden (4), Austria (2), Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Mesić (including: Mesic , Messick , Mesich , Mesick , Meshich , Mesics , Messics , Messich , Mesíc and Messic ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Mesic " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 800 people in Canada. "Mesich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 70 in Canada , and small number of people in Taiwan. "Messich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomo Mesić, Stjepan Mesić, Miroslav Mesić, Jasen Mesić, Nikolina Mesić, Josip Mesić, Ranko Mesić, Frane Mesić, Dražen Mesić, Hana Mesić, Marko Mesić, Zvonko Mesić, Krešimir Mesić, Zvonimir Mesić, Sanja Mesić, Saša Mesić, Zrinka Mesić, Milan Mesić, Damir Mesić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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