Surname Maleš in modern Croatia

Maleš families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Solin area. According to some sources they are from Begovog sela from Kupres (Bosnia), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split. In Gljev in Sinj every fifth inhabitant had the family name Maleš.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Maleš live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 630 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 54 other places, mostly in Split (330), Gljev (75), Turjaci (70), Sibenik (65), and in Brstanovo in Solin area (60).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), France (2), the United States (2), and to Australia (2).
Family name Maleš (including: Males , Malesh , Malles , Malessa , Malesha , Maleesha , Malesz , Malees , Maless and Malesch ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Males " is used by some 5000 people in Ecuador , about 2000 in Colombia , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Malesh " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 100 in the United States , and some 80 people in Russian Federation. "Malesch " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vjećeslav Maleš, Dubravka Maleš, Branko Maleš, Boris Maleš, Lada Maleš, Cvitko Maleš, Petar Maleš, Josip Maleš, Željan Maleš, Tomislav Maleš, Vladimir Maleš, Mladen Maleš, Vlatka Maleš, Sandra Maleš, Ante Maleš, Zlata Maleš, Duje Maleš, Vinko Maleš, Marijana Maleš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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