Surname Lešćan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lešćan families are Croats (from Nasice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Djurdjevac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Lešćan live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Djurdjevac (<10), Breznica Nasicka in Nasice area (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Zlatar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lešćan (including: Lescan , Leschmann , Leschman , Leschan and Leschian ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. "Leschman " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Matea Lešćan, Damir Lešćan, Aleksandra Lešćan, Martina Lešćan, Mato Lešćan, Zvonimir Lešćan, Ankica Lešćan, Mladen Lešćan, Jasminka Lešćan, Vesna Lešćan, Dario Lešćan, Vedran Lešćan, Baltazar Lešćan, Đuro Lešćan, Mirjana Lešćan, Marijan Lešćan, Željko Lešćan, Božidar Lešćan, Gordana Lešćan

Mentions in sources

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.

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