Surname Prelec in modern Croatia

Prelec families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Sveti Ivan Zelina area , rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Sveti Ivan Zelina area. In places Baničevec and Hruškovec in Sveti Ivan Zelina area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Prelec.

Prevalence

About 510 people with faimily name Prelec live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Sesvete (90), Zagreb (80), Strmec in Samobor area (50), Rakovec in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (50), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (4), and to Germany (1).
Family name Prelec (including: Preletz , Perelez , Prelez and Prelletz ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Prelec " is used by some 70 people in Italy , small number in Slovakia , and small number of people in the United States. "Preletz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Prelletz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Leo Prelec, Zmagoslav Prelec, Predrag Prelec, Alen Prelec, Željko Prelec, Zoran Prelec, Darko Prelec, Ružica Prelec, Branimir Prelec, Goran Prelec, Dario Prelec, Silvano Prelec, Branko Prelec, Marijan Prelec, Ivan Prelec, Anita Prelec, Marina Prelec, Ignac Prelec, Brankica Prelec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories