Surname Malešić in modern Croatia

Malešić families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Jastrebarsko. In Zdihovo in Jastrebarsko every fifth inhabitant had the family name Malešić.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Malešić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Jastrebarsko (15), Zagreb (15), Lipje (15), Karlovac (10), and in Velika Gorica (10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (7) and France (2).
Family name Malešić (including: Malesich , Malesic and Malesick ) is present in 6 countries on four continents. The family name "Malesic " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Malesich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Malesick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivo Malešić, Zvonimir Malešić, Božidar Malešić, Gordana Malešić, Tomica Malešić, Ksenija Malešić, Lidija Malešić, Kristina Malešić, Blaženka Malešić, Damir Malešić, Esmeralda Malešić, Igor Malešić, Ivana Malešić, Boris Malešić, Petar Malešić, Ivica Malešić, Katica Malešić, Vlasta Malešić, Ines Malešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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