Maleševci (Serbian Cyrillic: Малешевци) was a historical Vlach katun of Herzegovina that existed in the Late Middle Ages.
The Maleševci are mentioned alongside numerous Herzegovinian katuns in the 14th and 15th archives from Dubrovnik and Kotor, where they are described as Vlachs.
[2] It also gave the patronymic names Malešev and Malešević, and might be related to the toponym Maleševo, found in several locations in present-day Serbia and Bulgaria.
[citation needed] They were part of a large group of Herzegovinian Vlachs, led by the katunar Stanko Perutinić (first mentioned in 1397) and his brothers and descendants in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
[7] Characteristic for the tribe-clan in Herzegovina is that all families have the Serbian Orthodox slava (patron saint feast day) of St.