Leskur families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area. In Gornje Ogorje in Sinj area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Leskur.
Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Leskur live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Split (105), Solin (40), Kastel Sucurac (25), Gornje Ogorje in Sinj area (20), and in Zagreb (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Leskur (including: Lescieur , Lescur ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Leskur " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.