Surname Lenđel in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lenđel families are predominantly Croats (from Orahovica area ), rarely Hungarians (from Banat, Vojvodina ), and barely Rusyns. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica area and in Orahovica.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Lenđel live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Pula (<10), Sesvete (<10), Bjelovar (<10), and in Vukovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lenđel (including: Lendel , Lengyel , Lengel , Lendyel , Lendjel , Lengjel , Lengyell , Lendiel , Lengell and Lendell ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. "Lengjel " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Lengyel " is used by some 10000 people in Hungary , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Romania. "Lengel " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Boris Lenđel, Zvonko Lenđel, Laslo Lenđel, Ljiljana Lenđel, Tihana Lenđel, Vera Lenđel, Lidija Lenđel, Kata Lenđel, Franjo Lenđel, Nada Lenđel, Danijel Lenđel, Anka Lenđel, Nenad Lenđel, Dijana Lenđel, Davor Lenđel, Mirjana Lenđel, Sanela Lenđel, Dajana Lenđel, Hrvoje Lenđel

Mentions in sources

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

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