Surname Ljevnaić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ljevnaić families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (also from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Slunj. In Tordinci in Vinkovci area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Ljevnaić.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Ljevnaić live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Osijek (<5), Vinkovci (<5), Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Ogulin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ljevnaić is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Nikica Ljevnaić, Ivanka Ljevnaić, Đuro Ljevnaić, Danica Ljevnaić, Stevo Ljevnaić, Radoslav Ljevnaić, Dušan Ljevnaić, Djurdjica Ljevnaić, Marija Ljevnaić, Danijel Ljevnaić, Aleksandar Ljevnaić, Dane Ljevnaić, Marica Ljevnaić, Nikola Ljevnaić, Rajna Ljevnaić, Bogdanka Ljevnaić, Branko Ljevnaić, Nedjeljka Ljevnaić, Mića Ljevnaić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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