Surname Lekšić in modern Croatia

Lekšić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanic-Grad area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Lekšić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Split (15), Milna on the Island of Brac (10), Solin (10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lekšić (including: Leksic , Leksich ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Leksich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Edislav Lekšić, Igor Lekšić, Željko Lekšić, Drago Lekšić, Ružica Lekšić, Melania Lekšić, Milan Lekšić, Nikola Lekšić, Alemka Lekšić, Ivana Lekšić, Marko Lekšić, Marija Lekšić, Alida Lekšić, Zdravko Lekšić, Ivica Lekšić, Vicko Lekšić, Denis Lekšić, Ljerka Lekšić, Silvija Lekšić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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