Surname Aleksić in modern Croatia

Aleksić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Podrinje (Bosnia), often Serbs, very rarely Montenegrins. According to some sources they are from Ljutomera (Slovenija, Štajerska). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Drnis. In Gorići in Otocac nearly every inhabitant had the family name Aleksić.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Aleksić live in Croatia today, in 550 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 70 cities and 121 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Sibenik (70), Rijeka (70), Osijek (35), and in Pozega (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 22 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (15), Austria (2), Canada (1), the United States (1), Australia (1), South Africa (1), and to the Netherlands (1).
Family name Aleksić (including: Aleksic , Aleksich , Alexich , Aleksick , Alexic , Alecksick , Alexics and Alecksic ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Aleksic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria. "Aleksich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Alecksic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljana Aleksić, Joško Aleksić, Dragana Aleksić, Dolores Aleksić, Mate Aleksić, Rina Aleksić, Lucija Aleksić, Boris Aleksić, Ratko Aleksić, Mirijana Aleksić, Dušan Aleksić, Božo Aleksić, Ada Aleksić, Saša Aleksić, Željka Aleksić, Ivan Aleksić, Marko Aleksić, Branka Aleksić, Gordana Aleksić

Mentions in sources

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

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