Surname Lemešić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lemešić families are Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod area and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Lemešić live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Gornja Bebrina in Slavonski Brod area (15), Slavonski Brod (10), Split (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Ruscica in Slavonski Brod area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lemešić (including: Lemesic , Lemesich and Lemessich ) is present in four countries.

Characteristic first names

Leo Lemešić, Rikard Lemešić, Stipo Lemešić, Mario Lemešić, Petra Lemešić, Ivica Lemešić, Dubravko Lemešić, Ivana Lemešić, Danijel Lemešić, Ela Lemešić, Darko Lemešić, Dragica Lemešić, Željka Lemešić, Marijana Lemešić, Marino Lemešić, Đuro Lemešić, Vinko Lemešić, Tomislav Lemešić, Branka Lemešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1614 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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