In Croatia, Laleta families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik. In Zapuntel in Zadar every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Laleta.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Laleta live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four naselja i to in Orebic on the Peljesac peninsula (<10), Rijeka (<5), Zapuntel (<5), and in Crikvenica (<5).