Surname Lazo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lazo families are Croats (from the Island of Mljet ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and on the Island of Mljet.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Lazo live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (25), Babino Polje on the Island of Mljet (15), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Mokosica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lazo (including: Hlazo , Lazzo , Lazzero , Lazzio and Lázo ) is present in 94 countries worldwide. "Lazzo " is used by some 300 people in Bolivia , about 200 in Argentina , and some 100 people in the United States. "Lazzio " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Stanislav Lazo, Andrija Lazo, Ivo Lazo, Petar Lazo, Nikica Lazo, Augustin Lazo, Katica Lazo, Nikola Lazo, Frana Lazo, Nikša Lazo, Dubravka Lazo, Ivana Lazo, Terica Lazo, Marin Lazo, Ljiljana Lazo, Matilda Lazo, Ante Lazo, Vicko Lazo, Frano Lazo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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