Surname Lakić in modern Croatia

Lakić families can be both Croats (the family name originates from east Herzegovina ) and Serbs, very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar. In Donje Biljane in Benkovac every fifth inhabitant had the family name Lakić.

Prevalence

About 700 people with faimily name Lakić live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 770 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Rijeka (65), Zadar (50), Dubrovnik (30), and in Mokosica (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Switzerland (5), the United States (2), Germany (2), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Lakić (including: Lakic , Lakich , Lachichi , Lakitsch , Lakics , Lachiche , Lacich , Lachick , Lacic and Lakici ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. The family name "Lakic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Austria , and some 200 people in Australia. "Lakich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Korea (South) , and small number of people in Canada. "Lakics " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Lakić, Mato Lakić, Mira Lakić, Radosav Lakić, Marko Lakić, Nikša Lakić, Željko Lakić, Zdenka Lakić, Božica Lakić, Eleonora Lakić, Biljana Lakić, Slavica Lakić, Ante Lakić, Ljiljana Lakić, Ivan Lakić, Jovo Lakić, Marija Lakić, Slobodan Lakić, Mirko Lakić

Mentions in sources

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

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