Surname Lešnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lešnik families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar area ), barely Slovenes (from Zadar ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bjelovar area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Lešnik live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Bjelovar (<10), Dominkovica in Bjelovar area (<10), Varazdin (<5), and in Veliko Trojstvo in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lešnik (including: Lesnik , Lesnick , Leschnik , Leshnik , Lessnick , Leshnick , Lesznik , Lesnikh , Lessnik and Lesniek ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. "Leshnik " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Leschnik " is used by some 80 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Lesniek " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Lešnik, Ivica Lešnik, August Lešnik, Bojana Lešnik, Ivan Lešnik, Blaž Lešnik, Stanko Lešnik, Vinko Lešnik, Mirjana Lešnik, Zlatko Lešnik, Marjan Lešnik, Peter Lešnik, Eva Lešnik, Herman Lešnik, Irena Lešnik, Maks Lešnik, Mario Lešnik, Rudi Lešnik, Jela Lešnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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