Surname Lešković in modern Croatia

Lešković families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica area and in Zagreb. In places Hum Stubički and Jakšinec in Donja Stubica area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Lešković.

Prevalence

About 460 people with faimily name Lešković live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Hum Stubicki in Donja Stubica area (110), Zagreb (75), Osijek (25), Gornja Stubica in Donja Stubica area (25), and in Graberje Ivanicko (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lešković (including: Leskovic , Leshkovich , Leskovich , Leskowicz , Leshukovich , Leskowich , Leskovics , Leshkowich , Leszkovich and Lesckovich ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Leskovic " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Leskovich " is used by some 90 people in Russian Federation , about 50 in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States. "Leskowicz " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Darko Lešković, Dražen Lešković, Ivan Lešković, Zdenko Lešković, Mijo Lešković, Tomica Lešković, Stjepan Lešković, Goran Lešković, Ljerka Lešković, Lidija Lešković, Josip Lešković, Ljiljana Lešković, Zlata Lešković, Mario Lešković, Brigita Lešković, Danijel Lešković, Anica Lešković, Anita Lešković, Ana Lešković

Mentions in sources

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

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