Surname Plašć in modern Croatia

Plašć families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar and Zagreb. In Repno in Zlatar every eighth inhabitant had the family name Plašć.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Plašć live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Repno (15), Zlatar (15), Sesvete (15), and in Vinkovci (10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Plašć (including: Plasc , Plasch , Plaschke , Plaschka , Plaschy , Plaschun , Plaschg , Plasche , Plascik and Plasce ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Plasch " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Austria , and small number of people in Belgium. "Plascik " is used by few people in the United States. "Plaschke " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Anđelka Plašć, Velimir Plašć, Drago Plašć, Jadranka Plašć, Stjepan Plašć, Vladimir Plašć, Marijan Plašć, Darko Plašć, Željko Plašć, Štefica Plašć, Marija Plašć, Ružica Plašć, Morena Plašć, Martina Plašć, Vinko Plašć, Karolina Plašć, Šofka Plašć, Danijel Plašć, Karmen Plašć

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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