Surname Kleščić in modern Croatia

Kleščić families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Kleščić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Samobor (20), Kladje (10), Strmec in Samobor area (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kleščić (including: Klescic , Klescich , Kleschevich and Kleschick ) is present in five countries on two continents. "Klescich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kleschick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Kleščić, Goran Kleščić, Damir Kleščić, Klementina Kleščić, Kristina Kleščić, Slavko Kleščić, Zdravko Kleščić, Dražen Kleščić, Dragan Kleščić, Tomislav Kleščić, Daliborka Kleščić, Mirjana Kleščić, Zlatko Kleščić, Ratko Kleščić, Maja Kleščić, Igor Kleščić, Snježana Kleščić, Željka Kleščić, Darinka Kleščić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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