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Surname Mrkela in modern Croatia
Mrkela families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar. In Bjelina in Benkovac every eighth inhabitant had the family name Mrkela.
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Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Mrkela live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Zadar (20), Posedarje in Zadar area (20), Vrsi (20), and in Vinkovci (10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Mrkela is present in 14 countries on three continents. "Mrcela " is used by small number of people in Austria and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Sveto Mrkela,
Ines Mrkela,
Dražen Mrkela,
Jadranka Mrkela,
Karmela Mrkela,
Željko Mrkela,
Zoran Mrkela,
Nadja Mrkela,
Davor Mrkela,
Katarina Mrkela,
Matej Mrkela,
Ivica Mrkela,
Božo Mrkela,
Luiza Mrkela,
Irena Mrkela,
Mirko Mrkela,
Anita Mrkela,
Božidar Mrkela,
Snježana Mrkela
