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Surname Kutleša in modern Croatia
Kutleša families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina (Bileca). According to some sources they are from Omis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and in East Herzegovina (Bileca area). In Gornji Vinjani in Imotsko every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kutleša.
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Prevalence
About 670 people with faimily name Kutleša live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Imotski (95), Split (90), Gornji Vinjani (70), and in Sesvete (45).
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Outside Croatia
At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Switzerland (2), the United States (2), Brazil (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Kutleša (including: Kutlesa , Kutlescha ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Kutlesa " is used by some 100 people in Canada , about 100 in Venezuela , and some 90 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Stipe Kutleša,
Pavo Kutleša,
Ivan Kutleša,
Miše Kutleša,
Vlatka Kutleša,
Mirjana Kutleša,
Marko Kutleša,
Vlasta Kutleša,
Mile Kutleša,
Zvonko Kutleša,
Ljubica Kutleša,
Nikola Kutleša,
Zvonimir Kutleša,
Hrvoje Kutleša,
Boris Kutleša,
Mirna Kutleša,
Dragomir Kutleša,
Radoslav Kutleša,
Ante Kutleša
