Surname Landeka in modern Croatia

Landeka families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Herzegovina (Posusje area). In Rastovača in Herzegovina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Landeka.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Landeka live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (140), Imotski (30), Velika Gorica (25), Otok in Vinkovci area (25), and in Sibenik (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Landeka (including: Landecká , Landechea and Landecka ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Landeka " is used by some 60 people in Germany , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Irena Landeka, Ivan Landeka, Davorka Landeka, Hrvoje Landeka, Krešimir Landeka, Marko Landeka, Željko Landeka, Ivica Landeka, Tatjana Landeka, Nada Landeka, Ante Landeka, Ojdana Landeka, Tihomir Landeka, Gordana Landeka, Vinko Landeka, Slobodanka Landeka, Petar Landeka, Zoran Landeka, Tomislav Landeka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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