Valešić families are Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Nova Gradiska. In Banićevac in Nova Gradiska area every third inhabitant had the family name Valešić.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Valešić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Banicevac in Nova Gradiska area (55), Zagreb (15), Ivandol in Pozega area (15), and in Cernik (15) and Bacin Dol (15) in Nova Gradiska area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Valešić is present in four countries on three continents.
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.