Surname Lesnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lesnik families are Croats (from Velika Gorica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Lesnik live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Pula (<5), and in Pustike in Velika Gorica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lesnik (including: Lesnic , Lesnick , Lessnick , Leshnick , Lesznik , Leshnik , Lesnikh , Lessnik and Lesniek ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. "Lesniek " is used by few people in the United States. "Lesnick " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 100 in Cambodia , and some 90 people in Canada. "Lessnick " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Edvard Lesnik, Petra Lesnik, Franjo Lesnik, Anzelmo Lesnik, Dragutin Lesnik, Dubravka Lesnik, Mira Lesnik, Vera Lesnik, Marko Lesnik, Adolf Lesnik, Andrija Lesnik, Anica Lesnik, Anka Lesnik, Aron Lesnik, Dušanka Lesnik, Ivan Lesnik, Ivanka Lesnik, Milan Lesnik

Mentions in sources

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

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