Surname Golešić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Golešić families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Zagreb. In Dragovanščak in Jastrebarsko every fourth inhabitant had the family name Golešić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Golešić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located and 6 other Croatian places, mostly in Jastrebarsko (10), Zagreb (<10), Dragovanscak (<10), Karlovac (<5), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Golešić (including: Golesic , Golesciuc ) is present in five countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Golešić, Kata Golešić, Marijo Golešić, Sanja Golešić, Jasna Golešić, Ivan Golešić, Tatjana Golešić, Drago Golešić, Davor Golešić, Zdenka Golešić, Irena Golešić, Stjepan Golešić, Nikola Golešić, Vesna Golešić, Višnjica Golešić, Goran Golešić, Snežana Golešić, Ivanka Golešić, Verica Golešić

Mentions in sources

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

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