Surname Palešćak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Palešćak families are Croats (from Zapresic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Palešćak live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<10), Karlovac (<5), Zapresic (<5), and in Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Palešćak is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Boris Palešćak, Zdravko Palešćak, Saša Palešćak, Silvije Palešćak, Marko Palešćak, Krešo Palešćak, Mira Palešćak, Božidar Palešćak, Ljiljana Palešćak, Štefica Palešćak, Lidija Palešćak, Andrea Palešćak, Mario Palešćak, Dragutin Palešćak, Zlatko Palešćak, Katarina Palešćak, Nikola Palešćak, Smiljana Palešćak, Jadranka Palešćak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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