In Croatia, Lauko families are Croats by relative majority (from the Island of Losinj ), less frequently Slovaks (from Lipik ), and rarely Czechs (also from Lipik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lipik and Pakrac.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Lauko live in Croatia today, in three households only. They are located in only four naselja i to in Lipik (<5), Kukunjevac (<5), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5), and in Rasopasno on the Island of Krk (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Lauko is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Laucho " is used by some 400 people in Venezuela and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.