Surname Pleh in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pleh families are almost entirely Croats (from Cakovec area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Pleh live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (15), Cakovec (15), Donji Koncovcak in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), and in Puscine (<10) and Slakovec (<10) in Cakovec area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Pleh (including: Plech , Plecha , Pleche , Pleth , Plechy , Plecho , Plecht , Plechl and Pleeth ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Pleh " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pleth " is used by small number of people in Denmark , small number of people in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Plecha " is used by some 500 people in Poland and about 200 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Azra Pleh, Mario Pleh, Sanja Pleh, Dragan Pleh, Tanja Pleh, Nevenka Pleh, Rudolf Pleh, Ignac Pleh, Goran Pleh, Hrvoje Pleh, Marko Pleh, Martin Pleh, Vlatka Pleh, Božica Pleh, Boris Pleh, Ana Pleh, Vladimir Pleh, Branka Pleh, Marija Pleh

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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