Poleto families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , less frequently Italians (from Kutina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Kutina.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Poleto live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Nova Gradiska (10), Resetari in Nova Gradiska area (<10), Pozega (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Kutina (<10).
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.