Surname Meško in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Meško families are generally Croats (from Valpovo ), very rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Valpovo area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Meško live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Valpovo (10), Osijek (<10), Zagreb (<10), Kakinac in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Meško (including: Mesko , Meshko , Meschko , Mesco , Meshuko , Meshako , Meszko , Meshiko , Mescko and Messko ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Mesko " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 200 in Hungary , and some 80 people in Germany. "Meschko " is used by some 80 people in Germany and about 60 in the United States. "Meszko " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Meško, Željka Meško, Darko Meško, Damir Meško, Borislav Meško, Nikola Meško, Siniša Meško, Ana Meško, Nina Meško, Josipa Meško, Danica Meško, Dario Meško, Vilim Meško, Josip Meško, Petar Meško, Stjepan Meško, Vesna Meško, Ksenija Meško, Franciška Meško

Mentions in sources

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

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