In Croatia, Oklješa families are mainly Croats (from the Island of Murter ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Lipik.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Oklješa 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 only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Sibenik (<5), Lipik (<5), Murter on the Island of Murter (<5), and in Korita (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Oklješa is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.