Surname Lakuš in modern Croatia

Lakuš families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok area and in Koprivnica area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Lakuš live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Koprivnica (15), Drnje in Koprivnica area (<10), Vizovlje in Zabok area (<10), and in Knin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lakuš (including: Lakus , Lacus , Lakusha , Lakush , Lackus , Lakussa , Lacush and Lachus ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Lakus " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Lackus " is used by some 80 people in Germany , small number in Lithuania , and small number of people in the United States. "Lacus " is used by some 80 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jelena Lakuš, Dunja Lakuš, Jadranka Lakuš, Slavko Lakuš, Dubravko Lakuš, Stjepan Lakuš, Mirjana Lakuš, Ljubomir Lakuš, Anđelka Lakuš, Vesna Lakuš, Nikolina Lakuš, Božena Lakuš, Ivana Lakuš, Filip Lakuš, Franjo Lakuš, Josip Lakuš, Ružica Lakuš, Božidar Lakuš, Darko Lakuš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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