In Croatia, Lehečka families are Croats (from Djurdjevac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Vrbovec area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Lehečka live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Djurdjevac (<5), Mursko Sredisce (<5), and in Hlapicina (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Lehečka is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Lehecka " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.