Surname Lešina in modern Croatia

Lešina families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina (Crveni Grm). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Imotsko.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Lešina live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Runovic in Imotski area (105), Split (40), Osijek (25), Zagreb (20), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lešina (including: Lesina , Leshina , Leschina , Leshkina , Lesyna , Lescina , Leschtina , Lessina , Leschyna and Leshhina ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Lesyna " is used by some 80 people in Tanzania and about 50 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Borislav Lešina, Nenad Lešina, Zorislav Lešina, Zlatko Lešina, Darija Lešina, Mario Lešina, Josip Lešina, Ante Lešina, Sadžida Lešina, Mijo Lešina, Jadranka Lešina, Ivan Lešina, Kristina Lešina, Zvonimir Lešina, Alen Lešina, Marijana Lešina, Marijan Lešina, Katica Lešina, Klaudija Lešina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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