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Surname Bilešić in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Bilešić families are Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Nova Gradiska. In Donji Crnogovci in Nova Gradiska area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bilešić.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Bilešić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Donji Crnogovci in Nova Gradiska area (25), Nova Gradiska (<10), in Laze (<10) and Staro Petrovo Selo (<10) in Nova Gradiska area, and in Slavonski Brod (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Bilešić is present in this form only in Croatia.
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Characteristic first names
Sanja Bilešić,
Romana Bilešić,
Zdenko Bilešić,
Blaženka Bilešić,
Danica Bilešić,
Josip Bilešić,
Ana Bilešić,
Marija Bilešić,
Snježana Bilešić,
Mirjana Bilešić,
Elvira Bilešić,
Morana Bilešić,
Đurđa Bilešić,
Slavko Bilešić,
Željko Bilešić,
Vladimir Bilešić,
Milan Bilešić,
Mato Bilešić,
Ivan Bilešić