Surname Laća in modern Croatia

Laća families are Croats and they are mostly from Skradin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Laća live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Sibenik (50), Zadar (30), Zagreb (25), Dubravice (15), and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Laća (including: Laca , Lacha , Latscha , Lacka , Lacza , Lacca , Lacsa , Lazza , Laaca and Lacia ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. The family name "Laca " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in Peru , and some 800 people in the United States. "Lazza " is used by few people in the United States. "Lacza " is used by some 400 people in Hungary , about 400 in the Philippines , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Laća, Marko Laća, Drago Laća, Marina Laća, Senka Laća, Nikola Laća, Jasminka Laća, Zdravka Laća, Zvonko Laća, Lorena Laća, Josip Laća, Jadranka Laća, Jelena Laća, Anita Laća, Marijana Laća, Frana Laća, Ante Laća, Renata Laća, Oliver Laća

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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