In Croatia, Kleš families are predominantly Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Beli Manastir area. In Torjanci in Beli Manastir area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Kleš.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Kleš live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Beli Manastir (<10), Torjanci in Beli Manastir area (<10), Belisce (<5), Secerana (<5), and in Majske Medje in Beli Manastir area (<5).
