Surname Lež in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Lež live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are only located in in 10 Croatian cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zabok (35), Hum Zabocki (20), Oroslavje (10), Lug Zabocki (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lež (including: Lez , Lezzi , Lezza , Lezhe , Leez , Lezha , Lezh , Lhez , Lezzo and Lezhi ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. "Lezzo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Lež, Đurđica Lež, Cvjetko Lež, Darko Lež, Jelena Lež, Zvonimir Lež, Božena Lež, Ivanka Lež, Dejan Lež, Dragutin Lež, Tomo Lež, Anita Lež, Jasna Lež, Antun Lež, Denis Lež, Julijana Lež, Valentina Lež, Robert Lež, Snježana Lež

Mentions in sources

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

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