Surname Pilaš in modern Croatia

Pilaš families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Vinodolski area and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Pilaš live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Rijeka (15), Tribalj in Novi Vinodolski area (10), Dramalj (<10), and in Viskovci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pilaš (including: Pilas , Pillas , Pielas , Pillias , Pihlas , Pilash , Pillasch , Pillash , Pielasch and Pilasch ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. "Pilasch " is used by few people in the United States. "Pillias " is used by some 100 people in France , small number in Zimbabwe , and small number of people in the United States. "Pillash " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Irena Pilaš, Vladimir Pilaš, Ivan Pilaš, Mladen Pilaš, Dolores Pilaš, Jasna Pilaš, Ankica Pilaš, Marijan Pilaš, Zvonko Pilaš, Iva Pilaš, Klaudija Pilaš, Zdenka Pilaš, Ivica Pilaš, Cvetko Pilaš, Tomislav Pilaš, Miroslav Pilaš, Nenad Pilaš, Mirjana Pilaš, Goran Pilaš

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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