Surname Fileš in modern Croatia

Fileš families are Croats and they are mostly from Preloga area , Cirkovljani and Goricani in Medjimurje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog and Zagreb. In Marenić in Vrbovec every fifth inhabitant had the family name Fileš.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Fileš live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Cakovec (15), Palinovec in Prelog area (10), Prelog (<10), and in Draskovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fileš (including: Files , Fillies , Fyles , Filesh , Philes , Felles , Filles , Fieles , Feles and Fileshi ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Files " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 400 in Indonesia , and some 300 people in Australia. "Philes " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Fieles " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Fileš, Mirna Fileš, Slavko Fileš, Marija Fileš, Tamara Fileš, Andrija Fileš, Danica Fileš, Blaženka Fileš, Miljenko Fileš, Darko Fileš, Zlatko Fileš, Davor Fileš, Goran Fileš, Gordana Fileš, Denis Fileš, Mihaela Fileš, Tihomir Fileš, Agneza Fileš, Sreten Fileš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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