In Croatia, Pless families are Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Pless live in Croatia today, in five households only. They are located in only five naselja i to in Vrpolje in Djakovo area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Pleternica (<5), Busevec (<5), and in Velika Buna (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pless is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Pless " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Germany , and some 700 people in Madagascar.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.