Surname Laus in modern Croatia

Laus families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Dubrovnik. In Čara on the Island of Korcula every seventh inhabitant had the family name Laus.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Laus live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Cara (100) and Zrnovo (20) on the Island of Korcula, Split (10), Korcula on the Island of Korcula (<10), and in Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: New Zealand (2), the Netherlands (1), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Laus (including: Lauss , Laush , Lahus , Laues , Lausz and Hlaus ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. "Laues " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Lauss " is used by some 200 people in Austria , about 100 in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Laush " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , some 100 people in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Katarina Laus, Blaženka Laus, Juraj Laus, Nikola Laus, Radoslav Laus, Ivica Laus, Senka Laus, Marin Laus, Manuela Laus, Jasenka Laus, Marina Laus, Žana Laus, Ivan Laus, Katica Laus, Gabriel Laus, Lidija Laus, Luca Laus, Nenad Laus, Petar Laus

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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