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Surname Leščić in modern Croatia
Leščić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca area and according to some sources they orginate from Lika , and maybe even from Ukraine. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Zagreb. In Krušljevec in Vrbovec area every third inhabitant had the family name Leščić.
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Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Leščić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Preseka in Vrbovec area (30), Zagreb (20), Sesvete (<10), Jastrebarsko (<10), and in Celine (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Leščić (including: Lescic , Lescas and Leschick ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Leschick " is used by few people in the United States. "Lescas " is used by some 400 people in Mexico and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Jelica Leščić,
Štefica Leščić,
Bernardo Leščić,
Krešimir Leščić,
Slavica Leščić,
Ervin Leščić,
Nikola Leščić,
Miroslav Leščić,
Suzana Leščić,
Zdenko Leščić,
Igor Leščić,
Valentina Leščić,
Damir Leščić,
Dražen Leščić,
Tomislav Leščić,
Berislav Leščić,
Dragutin Leščić,
Tatjana Leščić,
Renata Leščić