Surname Lekić in modern Croatia

Lekić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , less frequently Serbs and Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Middle Bosnia (Vares area). In places Pržići and Janjac in Middle Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Lekić.

Prevalence

About 730 people with faimily name Lekić live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 54 cities and 67 other places, mostly in Zagreb (220), Split (50), Rijeka (35), Karlovac (25), and in Nova Gradiska (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 28 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (13), Germany (8), the Netherlands (3), Canada (2), Australia (1), and to France (1).
Family name Lekić (including: Lekic , Lekich , Lekitsch , Lecich , Leckich , Lekhich , Lekics , Lekhych , Lechic and Lecic ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Lekic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Malawi , and some 200 people in Iraq. "Lekich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 80 in Brazil , and small number of people in Canada. "Leckich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Lekić, Ante Lekić, Dubravka Lekić, Kresencio Lekić, Damir Lekić, Darin Lekić, Zrinka Lekić, Marijan Lekić, Tomislav Lekić, Ksenija Lekić, Branka Lekić, Dragica Lekić, Milan Lekić, Djemila Lekić, Zoran Lekić, Zvonko Lekić, Gordana Lekić, Ivica Lekić, Tatjana Lekić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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