Plejić families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. According to some sources they are from Gorice near Imotskog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Plejić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Split (30), Kastel Stari (20), Karlovac (10), and in Osijek (10).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1). Family name Plejić is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Plejic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.
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.