Surname Adlešić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Adlešić families are almost entirely Croats (from Zupanja area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zupanja area and in Duga Resa area. In Mrzljaki in Duga Resa area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Adlešić.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Adlešić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zupanja (10), Gradiste in Zupanja area (<10), Stara Susica in Delnice area (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Adlešić (including: Adlesic , Adlesick ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Adlesic " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Adlesick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Staško Adlešić, Jasna Adlešić, Ljiljana Adlešić, Željka Adlešić, Branko Adlešić, Drago Adlešić, Brankica Adlešić, Nenad Adlešić, Vesna Adlešić, Darko Adlešić, Ankica Adlešić, Tatjana Adlešić, Mira Adlešić, Ivan Adlešić, Mislav Adlešić, Zlatko Adlešić, Davor Adlešić, Željko Adlešić, Josip Adlešić

Mentions in sources

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

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