Surname Lero.

  • Surname Lero in modern Croatia

    In Croatia, Lero families are Croats by relative majority (from Osijek ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Bileca area). In Čepelica in East Herzegovina nearly every inhabitant had the family name Lero.

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  • Prevalence

    Only a few people with faimily name Lero live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
    They are located in one Croatian city only, in Osijek (<5).

  • Outside Croatia


    Family name Lero (including: Lerro , Leero , Lerho , Lehero and Leroo ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Lero " is used by some 2000 people in Indonesia , about 2000 in the Philippines , and some 600 people in the United States. "Lerro " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 700 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil. "Leroo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

  • Characteristic first names

    Biljana Lero, Radosava Lero, Rajko Lero, Radoslav Lero, Jelka Lero, Križe Lero, Milena Lero

  • Last name Lero around the globe

    See the countries where surname Lero is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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