Lesičar families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb. In Šipki in Zlatar area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Lesičar.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Lesičar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Vinipotok in Zlatar area (20), Zlatar (15), Kutina (15), and in Varazdin (15).
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.