Surname Lechner in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Lechner live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (10), Varazdin (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lechner is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Lechner " is used by some 10000 people in Germany , about 6000 in Austria , and some 5000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Lechner, Vesna Lechner, Jasenka Lechner, Zdenka Lechner, Martin Lechner, Bernhard Lechner, Gustav Lechner, Gabriele Lechner, Valentin Lechner, Johann Lechner, Ivan Lechner, Milica Lechner, Karlo Lechner, Željko Lechner, Marija Lechner, Zlata Lechner, Fridrih Lechner, Mladenka Lechner, Đurđica Lechner

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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