Surname Leš in modern Croatia

Leš families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec. According to some sources they are from Gorski Kotar, where they immigrated maybe even from Czechia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Klanjec. In Police in Klanjec every fifth inhabitant had the family name Leš.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Leš live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 480 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 26 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Stubicka Slatina (45), Ravna Gora in Delnice area (30), Karlovac (20), and in Police (20).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), France (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Leš (including: Les , Lesch , Lesh , Lees , Less , Lesz , Lehs , Lesth , Lessch and Lessh ) is present in 139 countries worldwide. The family name "Les " is used by some 9000 people in France , about 4000 in Poland , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Lesh " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 200 in South Africa , and some 100 people in Botswana. "Lesch " is used by some 4000 people in South Africa , about 3000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Leš, Tonči Leš, Slavko Leš, Josip Leš, Dražen Leš, Hrvoje Leš, Alen Leš, Mladen Leš, Gordana Leš, Darko Leš, Danijel Leš, Kristina Leš, Ivana Leš, Tomislav Leš, Davor Leš, Željko Leš, Alenko Leš, Andreas Leš, Dubravka Leš

Mentions in sources

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

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