Surname Eles in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Eles families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Eles live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Vukovar (<10), Zagreb (<10), Omisalj on the Island of Krk (<5), Kastel Sucurac (<5), and in Blato on the Island of Korcula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Eles (including: Elles , Ellies , Elesh , Eeles , Ellesh , Elless , Ellyes , Eless and Ehles ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. "Elesh " is used by some 500 people in Egypt , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Kazakhstan. "Elles " is used by some 2000 people in Colombia , about 600 in Germany , and some 600 people in the United States. "Ellies " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Chile , and some 100 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Ante Eles, Maja Eles, Ivana Eles, Saša Eles, Ivan Eles, Antun Eles, Vesna Eles, Tino Eles, Marija Eles, Ana Eles, Dušan Eles, Matija Eles, Vlatka Eles, Štefica Eles, Biserka Eles, Denis Eles, Martina Eles, Matko Eles, Elizabeta Eles

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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