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Surname Lelas in modern Croatia
Lelas families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrlika. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrlika and Split. In Kosore in Vrlika every third inhabitant had the family name Lelas.
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Prevalence
About 480 people with faimily name Lelas live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Omis (110), Zagreb (90), Split (80), Kosore (65), and in Glavina Gornja (25).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Lelas is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Lelas " is used by some 300 people in Poland , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Chile. "Lelash " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Tanja Lelas,
Petar Lelas,
Joško Lelas,
Božo Lelas,
Srđan Lelas,
Antonio Lelas,
Doris Lelas,
Tihomir Lelas,
Neven Lelas,
Đani Lelas,
Karmela Lelas,
Zlatko Lelas,
Adam Lelas,
Jasmina Lelas,
Martina Lelas,
Vesela Lelas,
Ivan Lelas,
Jagoda Lelas,
Davor Lelas
