Surname Lebo in modern Croatia

Lebo families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Posusje area) and in Middle Bosnia (Gornji Vakuf area).

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Lebo live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Sesvete (15), Velika Gorica (15), Split (10), and in Brdovec in Zapresic area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lebo (including: Hlebo , Leboo and Lebó ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Lebo " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in South Africa , and some 1000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo. "Leboo " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hlebo " is used by some 100 people in South Africa , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Zimbabwe.

Characteristic first names

Željko Lebo, Jerko Lebo, Snježana Lebo, Ljubiša Lebo, Ana Lebo, Blaženka Lebo, Ante Lebo, Nikola Lebo, Vlado Lebo, Milan Lebo, Mario Lebo, Vlatka Lebo, Anđelko Lebo, Jozo Lebo, Davor Lebo, Branka Lebo, Ivan Lebo, Stipo Lebo, Zoran Lebo

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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