Surname Males in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Males families are predominantly Croats (from Rijeka ), very rarely Slovenes (also from Rijeka ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Bjelovar area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Males live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (10) and Heresin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Males (including: Mallesh , Malles , Malesh , Malless , Malesz , Maleesh , Mahles , Malees and Maless ) is present in 63 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. "Malles " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 70 in Spain , and small number of people in Germany. "Malesh " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 100 in the United States , and some 80 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Anđelina Males, Ivan Males, Ivana Males, Boris Males, Tomislav Males, Eleonora Males, Dania Males, Branko Males, Josip Males, Ivo Males, Mario Males, Rudolf Males, Marija Males, Mileva Males, Dragica Males, Heidi Males, Đurđica Males, Danie Males, Mate Males

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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