Surname Peleš in modern Croatia

Peleš families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Sisak , but often Serbs and Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Bosanian Posavina (Modrica area).

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Peleš live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Osijek (10), Sisak (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peleš (including: Peles , Pelesh , Pelles , Peleschak , Peleschuk , Peless , Pelesz , Pheles , Peleschka 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. "Pelesh " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Belarus , small number of people in Romania. "Peless " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Israel.

Characteristic first names

Višnja Peleš, Denis Peleš, Gajo Peleš, Neven Peleš, Jadranka Peleš, Ognjen Peleš, Ognjan Peleš, Zdenko Peleš, Žarko Peleš, Božica Peleš, Miroslava Peleš, Branislav Peleš, Ljiljana Peleš, Mirna Peleš, Nikola Peleš, Omer Peleš, Kristina Peleš, Dušan Peleš, Radoslav Peleš

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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