Surname Ljeskovac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ljeskovac families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Novi area).

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Ljeskovac live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<10), Medak (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ljeskovac is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Dijana Ljeskovac, Goran Ljeskovac, Milenko Ljeskovac, Milena Ljeskovac, Marko Ljeskovac, Dušan Ljeskovac, Štefica Ljeskovac, Petar Ljeskovac, Živka Ljeskovac, Milica Ljeskovac, Maša Ljeskovac, Milan Ljeskovac, Milorad Ljeskovac, Bojana Ljeskovac, Doris Ljeskovac, Daniel Ljeskovac, David Ljeskovac, Ilija Ljeskovac, Boja Ljeskovac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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