Lerga families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar area and in Rijeka. In Slivnica in Zadar area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Lerga.
Prevalence
About 310 people with faimily name Lerga live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are only located in in 10 Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rijeka (110), Zadar (70), in Slivnica (65) and Vinjerac (50) in Zadar area, and in Marinici in Rijeka area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Lerga is present in 10 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
