Surname Lesković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lesković families are almost entirely Croats (from Vrbovec ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vrbovec.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Lesković live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Vrbovec (10), Sesvete (<10), Murine (<5), and in Zabnjak in Vrbovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lesković (including: Leskovic , Leskovich , Leshkovich , Leskowicz , Leskowich , Leskovics , Leskowics , Leszkovics , Leszkovich and Lesckovich ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Leskovic " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Leskovich " is used by some 90 people in Russian Federation , about 50 in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States. "Leskowicz " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Boris Lesković, Hrvoje Lesković, Damir Lesković, Dubravka Lesković, Đuro Lesković, Nada Lesković, Gordan Lesković, Željka Lesković, Ivanka Lesković, Blaž Lesković, Vedran Lesković, Marijan Lesković, Dubravko Lesković, Biserka Lesković, Martina Lesković, Tihomir Lesković, Mirjana Lesković, Tomislav Lesković, Kristina Lesković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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