In Croatia, Beleš families are mainly Croats (from Osijek area ), less frequently Hungarians (also from Osijek area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Vukovar.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Beleš live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Laslovo in Osijek area (15), Vukovar (<10), Rijeka (<5), Crikvenica (<5), and in Andrijasevci in Vinkovci area (<5).
