In Croatia, Leist families are Croats (from Pleternica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Pozega.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Leist live in Croatia today, in five households only. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Buk (<10), Resnik (<10), and in Vukovar (<5).