Surname Uglješić in modern Croatia

Uglješić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Slatina area , whereas often Croats (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Osijek. In Vraneševci in Slatina area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Uglješić.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Uglješić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Vukovar (15), Zagreb (10), Vinkovci (10), Osijek (10), and in Vranesevci in Slatina area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), Germany (1), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Uglješić (including: Ugljesic , Ugljesich ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Ugljesich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nebojša Uglješić, Tina Uglješić, Katarina Uglješić, Milica Uglješić, Dragica Uglješić, Elvis Uglješić, Zlato Uglješić, Damjan Uglješić, Niko Uglješić, Pavo Uglješić, Žarko Uglješić, Vinka Uglješić, Zoran Uglješić, Gordana Uglješić, Nenad Uglješić, Djordje Uglješić, Boško Uglješić, Marijan Uglješić, Milenka Uglješić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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