Surname Lemaić in modern Croatia

Lemaić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Obrovac area. In Svračkovo Selo in Obrovac area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Lemaić.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Lemaić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Slavonski Brod (20), Sisak (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Gospic (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), the United Kingdom (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Lemaić (including: Lemaic , Lemaich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Lemaich " is used by some 50 people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marina Lemaić, Davor Lemaić, Damir Lemaić, Boris Lemaić, Mladen Lemaić, Jadranka Lemaić, Jurica Lemaić, Ilija Lemaić, Denis Lemaić, Vesna Lemaić, Milan Lemaić, Đuro Lemaić, Soka Lemaić, Zvonimir Lemaić, Marija Lemaić, Oleg Lemaić, Slavica Lemaić, Đurđica Lemaić, Ivica Lemaić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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