Surname Lako in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lako families are Croats (from Bakar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pula.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Lako live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<5), Split (<5), Bakar (<5), and in Slavonski Brod (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lako (including: Lakho , Lacko , Laakko , Lakhoo , Lakko , Lachko , Lakoh , Laako and Lakkoo ) is present in 87 countries worldwide. "Lacko " is used by some 3000 people in Slovakia , about 2000 in Czech Republic , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Lakko " is used by some 60 people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States. "Lakoh " is used by some 1000 people in Sierra Leone and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Lako, Ivica Lako, Nadica Lako, Nevenka Lako, Branislav Lako, Ljudevit Lako, Ivan Lako, Franjo Lako, Kata Lako, Ljubica Lako, Nikola Lako, Iva Lako, Štefanija Lako, Davorka Lako, Nada Lako, Josip Lako, Ana Lako, Siniša Lako, Anita Lako

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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