Surname Pleština in modern Croatia

Pleština families are Croats and they are mostly from Split area. According to some sources they are from Ljubuski area (Herzegovina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Pleština live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Split (95), Klis in Solin area (75), Solin (50), Zagreb (30), and in Supetar on the Island of Brac (15).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the Netherlands (1), Sweden (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Pleština is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Plestina " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sunčica Pleština, Silvana Pleština, Stjepko Pleština, Lenko Pleština, Silvija Pleština, Vladimir Pleština, Ankica Pleština, Tonći Pleština, Marija Pleština, Ivo Pleština, Radovan Pleština, Diana Pleština, Vojko Pleština, Marijan Pleština, Marinko Pleština, Vedran Pleština, Lea Pleština, Jelica Pleština, Jelena Pleština

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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