Surname Lokas in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Lokas live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Sibenik (145), Raslina (130), Zaton (85), Zagreb (70), and in Sesvete (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lokas (including: Locas , Lokash , Lockas , Lochhaas , Locash , Lochas , Lokhash , Lookas and Lookkas ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. "Lockas " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Lokash " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Locas " is used by some 800 people in Canada , about 100 in Egypt , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rudolf Lokas, Frane Lokas, Marina Lokas, Gorči Lokas, Svjetlana Lokas, Snježana Lokas, Kosovka Lokas, Igor Lokas, Ljilja Lokas, Donat Lokas, Ive Lokas, Ivica Lokas, Jakov Lokas, Joško Lokas, Miroslav Lokas, Leo Lokas, Boris Lokas, Ksenija Lokas, Ljiljana Lokas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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