Lešok
History
According to a 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the inhabitants of Lešok exhibited mostly Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponymy the latter usually consisting of a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name (Radič, son of Gjin Arbanasi, Radivoj, son of Doda), while a minority carried traditional Slavic anthroponymy. The settlement had two Orthodox Albanian priests who served in the Slavic-speaking church.
This village is well known for its monastery, where operated the Macedonian Bulgarian intellectual Kiril Pejcinović.
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village was inhabited by 540 Bulgarian Exarchists.
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Lešok had 696 residents with the following ethnic composition:
- Macedonians 381
- Albanians 280
- Romani 2
- Serbs 1
- Others 11
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 21
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 440 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
- Macedonians 435
- Serbs 1
- Others 4