Surname Laka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Laka families are generally Serbs, rarely Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin and in Knin area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Laka live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Biskupija in Knin area (20), Zagreb (<10), Zadar (<5), and in Kosa (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Laka (including: Lakha , Lakka , Lacka , Lakah , Lakaa , Lakkha , Lakhaa , Lakkaa and Lakhah ) is present in 113 countries worldwide. "Laca " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in Peru , and some 800 people in the United States. "Laqa " is used by few people in the United States. "Lacza " is used by some 400 people in Hungary , about 400 in the Philippines , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Laka, Momčilo Laka, Vladimir Laka, Jovanka Laka, Ognjen Laka, Milica Laka, Mirko Laka, Smilja Laka, Mladen Laka, Božidar Laka, Ilija Laka, Ana Laka, Marija Laka, Stevan Laka, Jeka Laka, Špiro Laka, Anica Laka, Dušan Laka, Radojka Laka

Mentions in sources

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.

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