Surname Lela in modern Croatia

Lela families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Lela live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (60), in Umljanovic (<10) and Ruzic (<5) in Drnis area, Zadar (<5), and in Solin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lela (including: Lella , Leela , Hlela , Lelah , Leelah , Lellah , Leelaa , Leella and Llela ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. "Lella " is used by some 2000 people in Italy , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Ivory Coast. "Lelah " is used by some 300 people in Indonesia , about 100 in Egypt , and some 100 people in the United States. "Leella " is used by few people in United Arab Emirates and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Lela, Damir Lela, Ivo Lela, Marko Lela, Josip Lela, Dinka Lela, Igor Lela, Ivana Lela, Jasmina Lela, Lidija Lela, Nikolina Lela, Milena Lela, Ante Lela, Davor Lela, Irena Lela, Suzana Lela, Danijela Lela, Snježana Lela, Dušan Lela

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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