Surname Mečak in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Mečak live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Gornja Bistra in Oroslavje area (<10), Zapresic (<5), Jablanovec (<5), Ivanec Bistranski (<5), and in Bukovje Bistransko in Oroslavje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mečak (including: Mecak , Mechache , Mechak , Mechacha , Mechach , Mechack , Meciak , Mezzack , Mechiakh and Mecack ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Mecak " is used by some 100 people in Uganda , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Mechak " is used by some 70 people in Angola and small number in the United States. "Mezzack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Mečak, Natalija Mečak, Dražen Mečak, Vlado Mečak, Rudolf Mečak, Igor Mečak, Mirko Mečak, Božena Mečak, Darko Mečak, Milica Mečak, Dragutin Mečak, Katica Mečak, Dragica Mečak, Božica Mečak, Kata Mečak, Leonardo Mečak, Stjepan Mečak, Višnja Mečak

Mentions in sources

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

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