Surname Leko in modern Croatia

Leko families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina and according to some sources from Tihaljina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Grude area) and in Zagreb. In places Donji Mamići and Broćanac in Herzegovina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Leko.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Leko live in Croatia today, in 520 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 81 other places, mostly in Zagreb (455), Osijek (130), Split (80), Nustar in Vinkovci area (65), and in Imotski (65).

Outside Croatia

Family name Leko (including: Leco , Lecko , Lecco , Lecio , Lechko , Leeco , Leczo , Lecho and Lekko ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. "Lekko " is used by small number of people in Thailand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Mexico. "Lechko " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Leco " is used by some 700 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Spain , some 100 people in Mexico.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Leko, Goran Leko, Vlado Leko, Ivan Leko, Zvonimir Leko, Kristina Leko, Krunoslav Leko, Vesna Leko, Anđelko Leko, Zdenko Leko, Josip Leko, Dražen Leko, Ante Leko, Antonio Leko, Zdenka Leko, Donata Leko, Marinko Leko, Vjenceslav Leko, Jozo Leko

Mentions in sources

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

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