Surname Legin in modern Croatia

Legin families are Croats and they are mostly from Sveti Ivan Zelina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina and Zagreb. In Donja Drenova in Sveti Ivan Zelina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Legin.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Legin live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Donja Drenova (15), Kotoriba in Prelog area (10), Sveti Ivan Zelina (10), and in Cakovec (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Legin (including: Leggin , Legiehn , Legien and Leeghin ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. "Leggin " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Leeghin " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Legin, Mladen Legin, Tihomir Legin, Daniel Legin, Ivan Legin, Damir Legin, Željko Legin, Dario Legin, Biserka Legin, Radmila Legin, Marko Legin, Sanja Legin, Tomislav Legin, Tina Legin, Stjepan Legin, Alan Legin, Ivana Legin, Silvestar Legin, Vladimir Legin

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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