Surname Legčević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Legčević families are almost entirely Croats (from Gospic area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Legčević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Osijek (<10), Zupanja (<10), Lipovo Polje in Gospic area (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Legčević is present in 6 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Jelena Legčević, Tihana Legčević, Ivana Legčević, Milan Legčević, Zdravko Legčević, Anita Legčević, Džuli Legčević, Bojan Legčević, Rudolf Legčević, Grozdana Legčević, Siniša Legčević, Marijan Legčević, Miroslav Legčević, Davor Legčević, Ivan Legčević, Željko Legčević, Mirjana Legčević, Ankica Legčević, Antonija Legčević

Mentions in sources

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

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