Surname Lesar in modern Croatia

Lesar families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Slunj area. In Podcetin in Slunj area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Lesar.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Lesar live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Cakovec (50), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (35), Zagreb (35), Karlovac (20), and in Pasin Potok in Slunj area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lesar (including: Lessar , Lesaar , Leshar , Lesshar and Leszar ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Lesar " is used by some 2000 people in South Africa , about 2000 in Indonesia , and some 700 people in the United States. "Lessar " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Lesaar " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Lesar, Miroslav Lesar, Željko Lesar, Mario Lesar, Dean Lesar, Ines Lesar, Igor Lesar, Tatjana Lesar, Simon Lesar, Renata Lesar, Dubravko Lesar, Zlatica Lesar, Krešimir Lesar, Nenad Lesar, Damir Lesar, Božo Lesar, Irena Lesar, Zvonko Lesar, Maja Lesar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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