Surname Laković in modern Croatia

Laković families are often Croats and they are mostly from Porec area , rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Porec area. In Lakovići in Porec area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Laković.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Laković live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Funtana in Rovinj area (25), Lakovici in Porec area (20), Zagreb (20), and in Sveti Lovrec Pazenaticki in Porec area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (9), Canada (3), France (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Laković (including: Lackovic , Lakovich , Lakovic , Lachkovic , Lackovich , Lakhovich , Lakowicz , Lackowicz , Lakovics and Lakowic ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Lakovic " is used by some 70 people in Germany , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Lakovich " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Belarus. "Lackovic " is used by some 1000 people in Slovakia , about 700 in the United States , and some 100 people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Laković, Mario Laković, Larisa Laković, Igor Laković, Lorena Laković, Aleksandar Laković, Elvis Laković, Branka Laković, Anton Laković, Sanja Laković, Siniša Laković, Hary Laković, Mirjana Laković, Jadranka Laković, Milan Laković, Lada Laković, Vladimir Laković, Zoran Laković, Ivana Laković

Mentions in sources

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

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