Surname Lay in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lay families are generally Croats (from Djakovo ), rarely Jews. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Djakovo.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Lay live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<5) and Djakovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lay (including: Lahy , Laay , Layh , Hlay , Llay and Lhay ) is present in 115 countries worldwide. The family name "Lay " is used by some 1000000 people in Myanmar , about 100000 in Cambodia , and some 40000 people in the United States. "Layh " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia , small number of people in Germany. "Lhay " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Lay, Jan Lay, Ivan Lay, Srećko Lay, Anny Lay, Jasna Lay, Miroslav Lay, Miro Lay, Franjo Lay, Ineta Lay, Milan Lay, Ana Lay, Vesna Lay, Daniel Lay, Matea Lay, Maja Lay, Jovanka Lay, Mihajla Lay, Mirjana Lay

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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