Surname Plećaš in modern Croatia

Plećaš families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Metkovic , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Plećaš live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Metkovic (70), Zagreb (60), Stasevica (20), Osijek (20), and in Ploce (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Plećaš (including: Plecas , Plecash , Plechas and Pleckas ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Plecas " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Plechas " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pleckas " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Plećaš, Mihael Plećaš, Jakov Plećaš, Sandra Plećaš, Tomislav Plećaš, Zvonko Plećaš, Katarina Plećaš, Nikola Plećaš, Viktor Plećaš, Mirjana Plećaš, Mijodrag Plećaš, Ivica Plećaš, Tatjana Plećaš, Monika Plećaš, Kristina Plećaš, Željka Plećaš, Nikolina Plećaš, Paola Plećaš, Vedran Plećaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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