Surname Letonja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Letonja families are generally Croats (from Varazdin area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Ivanec area. In Selci Križovljanski in Ivanec area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Letonja.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Letonja live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Varazdin (<5), Slatine (<5), Split (<5), Zapresic (<5), and in Sracinec in Varazdin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Letonja (including: Letonia , Letonya and Lethonia ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Letonya " is used by few people in the United States. "Lethonia " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljana Letonja, Zorka Letonja, Darko Letonja, Ana Letonja, Dragica Letonja, Branko Letonja, Ivanka Letonja, Martin Letonja, Franjo Letonja, Vladislav Letonja, Franc Letonja, Frane Letonja, Matea Letonja, Dario Letonja, Jan Letonja, Mihaela Letonja, Veronika Letonja, Anton Letonja, Jela Letonja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1931 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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