Surname Maletić in modern Croatia

Maletić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area , also Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Zagreb. In Dereza in Pakrac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Maletić.

Prevalence

About 620 people with faimily name Maletić live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 750 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 72 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area (45), Zadar (45), Bobota in Vukovar area (35), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), the United States (3), the United Kingdom (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Maletić (including: Maletich , Maletic , Maletych , Maletick and Maletici ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Maletic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 90 in Germany , and some 90 people in Russian Federation. "Maletich " is used by some 500 people in Ukraine , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Maletick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Čedo Maletić, Ante Maletić, Ines Maletić, Dejan Maletić, Edi Maletić, Ivana Maletić, Željko Maletić, Franjo Maletić, Borislav Maletić, Dušan Maletić, Mladen Maletić, Sonja Maletić, Damir Maletić, Dubravka Maletić, Josip Maletić, Miroslav Maletić, Čedomir Maletić, Marin Maletić, Vesna Maletić

Mentions in sources

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

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