Preglej families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Kutina.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Preglej live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Plavic in Klanjec area (20), Kutina (20), Varazdin (10), and in Ivanic Desinicki in Pregrada area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Preglej (including: Pregley , Preglei ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Pregley " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.