Surname Mrle in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mrle families are generally Croats (from Delnice ), very rarely Hungarians (from Osijek ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Delnice. In Donja Krašićevica in Delnice every second inhabitant had the family name Mrle.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Mrle live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Delnice (10), Crni Lug (<10), Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mrle (including: Merle , Hmmerle , Merlhe , Merllie and Merlle ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. The family name "Mrle " is used by few people in the United States. "Merle " is used by some 10000 people in France , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Mrle, Margita Mrle, Jožica Mrle, Željko Mrle, Ivanka Mrle, Jugoslav Mrle, Snježana Mrle, Renea Mrle, Željka Mrle, Zdravko Mrle, Slavko Mrle, Biserka Mrle, Nevenka Mrle, Antun Mrle, Damir Mrle, Meri Mrle, Ljubomir Mrle, Josip Mrle, Darko Mrle

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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