Surname Letić in modern Croatia

Letić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , also Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zenica area) and in Zagreb. In Kruševci in Romania (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Letić.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Letić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Slavonski Brod (25), Split (15), Veli Losinj on the Island of Losinj (15), and in Gunja in Zupanja area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), Germany (3), the United States (3), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Letić (including: Letic , Letich , Lettich , Letiec , Lethiec , Letiche , Lettick , Lettic , Letych and Leticha ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Letic " is used by some 100 people in Afghanistan , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 80 people in the United States. "Letich " is used by some 80 people in Peru , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Lettic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Letić, Mladen Letić, Siniša Letić, Marinko Letić, Rija Letić, Goran Letić, Zlatko Letić, Bojan Letić, Lazo Letić, Josip Letić, Željko Letić, Mirko Letić, Tereza Letić, Dušan Letić, Merima Letić, Milan Letić, Nada Letić, Niko Letić, Drago Letić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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