Surname Ledić in modern Croatia

Ledić families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Split. In Aržano in Omis area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Ledić.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Ledić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Arzano in Omis area (50), Split (45), Vinkovci (15), and in Sesvete (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ledić (including: Ledic , Leddick , Ledick and Ledich ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Ledic " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Brazil , small number of people in Canada. "Leddick " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ante Ledić, Jasminka Ledić, Karla Ledić, Darko Ledić, Branka Ledić, Dario Ledić, Ivan Ledić, Krešimir Ledić, Stjepan Ledić, Dragutin Ledić, Tomislav Ledić, Stipe Ledić, Antun Ledić, Josip Ledić, Kruno Ledić, Saša Ledić, Mario Ledić, Mira Ledić, Slavko Ledić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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