Surname Odlešić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Odlešić families are generally Croats (from Vrbovec area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma area and in Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Odlešić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Zgalisce in Vrbovec area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Rovisce in Bjelovar area (<5), Kabal in Cazma area (<5), and in Luka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Odlešić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Odlešić, Željka Odlešić, Tomislav Odlešić, Kristina Odlešić, Franjo Odlešić, Tomo Odlešić, Slobodanka Odlešić, Zlatko Odlešić, Katarina Odlešić, Marija Odlešić, Stjepan Odlešić, Matej Odlešić, Nikola Odlešić, Katica Odlešić, Anka Odlešić, Mirjana Odlešić, Bojan Odlešić, Tea Odlešić, Luka Odlešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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