Surname Lanča in modern Croatia

Lanča families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Lanča live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Pazin (15), Rovinj (10), Opatija (<10), and in Jakacici in Pazin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lanča (including: Lancha , Lancia , Lanca , Llanca , Lancah , Lancsa and Lanzza ) is present in 41 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. "Lancia " is used by some 3000 people in Italy , about 900 in Ethiopia , and some 800 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sabina Lanča, Đuro Lanča, Livio Lanča, Ivan Lanča, Marina Lanča, Snježana Lanča, Ira Lanča, Bojana Lanča, Lucijan Lanča, Vlasta Lanča, Marino Lanča, Donald Lanča, Vedran Lanča, Mladen Lanča, Margerita Lanča, Marko Lanča, Boris Lanča, Miljenko Lanča, Tihana Lanča

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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