Surname Leho in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Leho families are generally Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on Peljesac Peninsula and in Dubrovnik. In Ston on Peljesac Peninsula every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Leho.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Leho live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Ston on the Peljesac peninsula (10), Zagreb (<10), Mokosica (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Leho (including: Letho , Lethco , Lehho , Lecho , Lethgo , Lechko , Lethao , Lechno and Leeho ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. "Leeho " is used by few people in the United States. "Lethco " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Lethgo " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Edin Leho, Veselka Leho, Jozo Leho, Maja Leho, Antonija Leho, Spomenko Leho, Mato Leho, Marijana Leho, Hazim Leho, Josip Leho, Ana Leho, Ivica Leho, Stane Leho, Nikša Leho, Marija Leho, Ljuba Leho, Marko Leho, Nada Leho, Zdenka Leho

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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