Surname Pletikos in modern Croatia

Pletikos families are Croats and they are mostly from Pula area. According to some sources they are from Marcane in Istria. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pula area. In Muntić in Pula area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Pletikos.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Pletikos live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 10 other places, mostly in Muntic in Pula area (50), Pula (35), Zagreb (<10), Marcana in Pula area (<10), and in Klimni in Pazin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), the United States (2), and to Sweden (2).
Family name Pletikos is present in 12 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Elenmari Pletikos, Bruno Pletikos, Iva Pletikos, Ivan Pletikos, Denis Pletikos, Adriana Pletikos, Nevio Pletikos, Slavica Pletikos, Adelita Pletikos, Ozren Pletikos, Diego Pletikos, Silvio Pletikos, Klaudija Pletikos, Zvonko Pletikos, Martina Pletikos, Nada Pletikos, Marino Pletikos, Erard Pletikos, Marko Pletikos

Mentions in sources

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

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