Surname Lanca in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lanca families are generally Croats (from Porec ), rarely Italians (from Labin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec and Pula.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Lanca live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Pula (<5), Labin (<5), Porec (<5), Vinez (<5), and in Antonci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lanca (including: Lanza , Lancha , Llanza , Llanca , Lancah and Lanzza ) is present in 81 countries worldwide. The family name "Lanca " is used by some 200 people in Czech Republic , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Lanzza " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vilim Lanca, Elio Lanca, Ivanka Lanca, Gabrijela Lanca, Djego Lanca, Mirjana Lanca, Ruža Lanca, Romano Lanca, Petar Lanca, Adam Lanca, Nela Lanca, Severino Lanca, Ervin Lanca, Melisa Lanca, Benjamin Lanca, Viktoria Lanca, Noemi Lanca, Lean Lanca, Lena Lanca

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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