Surname Lah in modern Croatia

Lah families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Nasice , rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Nasice.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Lah live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Varazdin (15), Cakovec (10), Slatina (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Lah (including: Lach , Latha , Lath , Lachi , Lache , Lacha , Llah , Lathi and Laah ) is present in 130 countries worldwide. "Lach " is used by some 10000 people in Poland , about 9000 in Cambodia , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Latha " is used by some 2000 people in Malaysia , about 2000 in South Africa , and some 600 people in the United States. "Lathi " is used by some 200 people in Pakistan , about 100 in Poland , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Lah, Ivan Lah, Igor Lah, Nataša Lah, Željko Lah, Ružica Lah, Marinko Lah, Borut Lah, Petra Lah, Ljiljana Lah, Milena Lah, Vladimir Lah, Marijan Lah, Jasmina Lah, Vlasta Lah, Davor Lah, Marija Lah, Tonica Lah, Toni Lah

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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