Surname Ležaić in modern Croatia

Ležaić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Knin area. In Đevrske in Knin area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Ležaić.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Ležaić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 430 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 23 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (50), Djevrske in Knin area (50), Zadar (35), and in Draskovic in Novi Marof area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Germany (2), the Netherlands (1), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Ležaić (including: Lezaic , Lezaich ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Lezaic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Željko Ležaić, Davor Ležaić, Saša Ležaić, Boris Ležaić, Marina Ležaić, Živojin Ležaić, Žaklina Ležaić, Božidar Ležaić, Goran Ležaić, Lada Ležaić, Mara Ležaić, Marija Ležaić, Dejan Ležaić, Berislav Ležaić, Zlatko Ležaić, Neven Ležaić, Juraj Ležaić, Mirjana Ležaić, Katica Ležaić

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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