Surname Lečer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lečer families are Croats (from Slatina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Lečer live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lečer (including: Lechner , Lecher , Lecer , Lechler , Letscher , Lecker , Lechter , Lezzer , Lecerre and Lecther ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Lecer " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France. "Lecher " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 100 people in France. "Letscher " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in France , and some 70 people in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Lečer, Božena Lečer, Regina Lečer, Veronika Lečer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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