Surname Pleić in modern Croatia

Pleić families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. According to some sources sa Klisa. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Pleić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Split (120), Zagreb (75), in Cista Velika (55) and Dugi Rat (20) in Omis area, and in Solin (20).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (5) and the United States (1).
Family name Pleić (including: Pleic , Pleich and Pleick ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. "Pleich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pleick " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasminka Pleić, Krešimir Pleić, Igor Pleić, Ivan Pleić, Marijan Pleić, Željko Pleić, Bruno Pleić, Goran Pleić, Nedjeljko Pleić, Marija Pleić, Mate Pleić, Marijo Pleić, Blaženka Pleić, Sanja Pleić, Željana Pleić, Frano Pleić, Žana Pleić, Danijel Pleić, Luka Pleić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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