Lenac families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Lenac live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Rijeka (175), Zagreb (15), Hrvatska Kostajnica (10), Karlovac (10), and in Brncici (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), France (1), and to the United States (1). Family name Lenac (including: Lenaz , Lenatz and Leenaz ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Lenac " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Chile , and small number of people in Italy. "Lenaz " is used by some 100 people in Italy , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
