Surname Ladešić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ladešić families are almost entirely Croats (from Ozalj area ), barely Bulgarians (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Bjelovar. In Ladešići in Duga Resa area every third inhabitant had the family name Ladešić.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Ladešić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Duga Resa (<10), Podgorje (<10), Karlovac (<5), and in Ogulin (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Ladešić (including: Ladesic , Ladesich and Ladessic ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Ladesic " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Ladesich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ladessic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Ladešić, Sanja Ladešić, Alenka Ladešić, Krešimir Ladešić, Vedran Ladešić, Brigita Ladešić, Anica Ladešić, Katica Ladešić, Zvonimir Ladešić, Ivan Ladešić, Renata Ladešić, Denis Ladešić, Marina Ladešić, Branko Ladešić, Zdravko Ladešić, Krunoslav Ladešić, Stjepan Ladešić, Marija Ladešić, Nikola Ladešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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