Surname Masleša in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Masleša families are predominantly Croats (from Garesnica ), rarely Serbs, and barely Bosniaks (from North Herzegovina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Garesnica and Split. In Džepi in North Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Masleša.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Masleša live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Trnoviticki Popovac (<10), Split (<10), Kosute in Sinj area (<10), Bjelovar (<5), and in Sibenik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Masleša (including: Maslesa , Maslesha ) is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Maslesa " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Maslesha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Predrag Masleša, Dijana Masleša, Ana Masleša, Slađana Masleša, Zoran Masleša, Maja Masleša, Josipa Masleša, Saša Masleša, Lidija Masleša, Simeon Masleša, Velibor Masleša, Goran Masleša, Ino Masleša, Božo Masleša, Kata Masleša, Ivanka Masleša, Kristina Masleša, Veselin Masleša, Milan Masleša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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