Surname Lesica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lesica families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Krk ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk. In Sveti Vid-Miholjice on the Island of Krk every fifth inhabitant had the family name Lesica.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Lesica live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), in Njivice (<10) and Malinska (<10) on the Island of Krk, Zagreb (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (22), Venezuela (3), Germany (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Lesica (including: Lesizza , Lesitza and Lessica ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Lesica " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Italy , and small number of people in Argentina. "Lesitza " is used by few people in the United States. "Lessica " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nada Lesica, Igor Lesica, Dražen Lesica, Branko Lesica, Tomislav Lesica, Nenad Lesica, Irena Lesica, Latinka Lesica, Dinka Lesica, Marina Lesica, Snježana Lesica, Josip Lesica, Rozalija Lesica, Žarko Lesica, Nedeljko Lesica, Jasna Lesica, Kristina Lesica, Ivana Lesica, Tome Lesica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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