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Surname Paleka in modern Croatia
Paleka families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area.
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Prevalence
About 440 people with faimily name Paleka live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zadar (240), Zemunik Donji in Zadar area (80), Zagreb (30), Zerava (25), and in Rijeka (20).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Paleka (including: Palekha , Palecka , Palecha , Palechka , Palleka and Pallekka ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Paleka " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 80 in Solomon Islands , and small number of people in Australia. "Palechka " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Sanda Paleka,
Roko Paleka,
Mladen Paleka,
Momir Paleka,
Ivica Paleka,
Hrvoje Paleka,
Ivanka Paleka,
Anđelo Paleka,
Dario Paleka,
Nikola Paleka,
Davor Paleka,
Snježana Paleka,
Zlata Paleka,
Boris Paleka,
Ante Paleka,
Mirijana Paleka,
Dragan Paleka,
Lidija Paleka,
Marko Paleka
