Surname Lenart in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lenart families are predominantly Croats (from Kutina ), rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and barely Slovenes (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Lenart live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Kutina (25), Zmajevac in Beli Manastir area (<10), Samobor (<5), Josipovac (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lenart (including: Lenhart , Lenhardt , Lehnart , Lennart , Lenardt , Leenaert , Lenaert , Lenarth and Leenart ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. The family name "Lenart " is used by some 30000 people in Poland , about 7000 in Hungary , and some 6000 people in the United States. "Lenarth " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Slovakia. "Lenhart " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Germany , and some 800 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Lidija Lenart, Željko Lenart, Zdravko Lenart, Danijel Lenart, Zoran Lenart, Tomislav Lenart, Damir Lenart, Ivan Lenart, Milica Lenart, Dragutin Lenart, Ferenc Lenart, Ljiljana Lenart, Ana Lenart, Melita Lenart, Viktor Lenart, Franjo Lenart, Marija Lenart, Silvana Lenart, Anica Lenart

Mentions in sources

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

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