Surname Prelesnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prelesnik families are Croats (from Novska ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska and Pula.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Prelesnik live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Novska (10), Split (<10), Borovac (<10), Pula (<10), and in Rajic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prelesnik is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Prelesnik " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Prelesnick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mato Prelesnik, Božidar Prelesnik, Suzana Prelesnik, Heliodor Prelesnik, Ankica Prelesnik, Mario Prelesnik, Ivica Prelesnik, Mišel Prelesnik, Julijana Prelesnik, Marija Prelesnik, Marko Prelesnik, Zrinka Prelesnik, Karolina Prelesnik, Tomislav Prelesnik, Stjepan Prelesnik, Luka Prelesnik, Mihaela Prelesnik, Anton Prelesnik, Anka Prelesnik

Mentions in sources

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

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