Mezga families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Prelog area.
Prevalence
About 280 people with faimily name Mezga live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Cakovec (15), Lopatinec in Cakovec area (15), and in Dekanovec (15) and Turcisce (15) in Prelog area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Mezga is present in 16 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.