Surname Peles in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peles families are Croats (from Samobor ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and in Slovenia. In Slapnica in Samobor every sixth inhabitant had the family name Peles.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Peles live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Samobor (15), Sveti Martin Pod Okicem (<5), Kladje (<5), Smerovisce (<5), and in Veliki Lipovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peles (including: Pelles , Peerless , Pelesh , Peless , Pelesz , Pheles and Peeles ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Peles " is used by some 900 people in Israel , about 600 in Brazil , and some 500 people in the United States. "Peless " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Israel. "Pelles " is used by some 300 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Peles, Nataša Peles, Ljiljana Peles, Željko Peles, Mihael Peles, Josip Peles, Danica Peles, Marijan Peles, Stjepan Peles, Mary Peles, Aleksandra Peles, Nikolina Peles, Valerija Peles, Nada Peles, Barica Peles, Ljerka Peles, Jelena Peles, Bara Peles, Anica Peles

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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