Surname Lešnjak in modern Croatia

Lešnjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Oroslavje area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Lešnjak live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Gornja Bistra in Oroslavje area (90), Zagreb (20), Cakovec (20), Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (20), and in Vidovec in Varazdin area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lešnjak (including: Lesniak , Lesnyak , Lesnjak , Leshniak , Lessniak and Leshnyak ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. "Lesniak " is used by some 20000 people in Poland , about 5000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Germany. "Leshniak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Lešnjak, Dražen Lešnjak, Robert Lešnjak, Josip Lešnjak, Ivan Lešnjak, Davor Lešnjak, David Lešnjak, Snježana Lešnjak, Ivančica Lešnjak, Ivica Lešnjak, Milica Lešnjak, Nataša Lešnjak, Danijela Lešnjak, Tihomir Lešnjak, Lidija Lešnjak, Željko Lešnjak, Marko Lešnjak, Stjepan Lešnjak, Dragutin Lešnjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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