Surname Međimorec in modern Croatia

Međimorec families are Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Krizevci. In Apatovec in Krizevci every seventh inhabitant had the family name Međimorec.

Prevalence

About 480 people with faimily name Međimorec live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 610 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 57 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Koprivnica (50), Krizevci (40), Cepidlak in Krizevci area (15), and in Apatija (15).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Switzerland (3), Germany (2), and to France (1).
Family name Međimorec (including: Medjimorec , Medimorec , Megjimorec and Megyimorecz ) is present in 6 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Damjan Međimorec, Miroslav Međimorec, Mirta Međimorec, Morana Međimorec, Ivan Međimorec, Zdenko Međimorec, Ankica Međimorec, Branko Međimorec, Damir Međimorec, Marica Međimorec, Luka Međimorec, Milana Međimorec, Mirjana Međimorec, Vladimir Međimorec, Diana Međimorec, Josip Međimorec, Darko Međimorec, Žarko Međimorec, Zoran Međimorec

Mentions in sources

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

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