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Surname Halec in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Halec families are generally Croats (from Ludbreg area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Zapresic ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Cakovec area.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Halec live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Dubovica in Ludbreg area (15), Gorican in Cakovec area (<5), Mali Bukovec in Ludbreg area (<5), and in Ludbreg (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Halec (including: Hallez , Halliez , Thalec and Halech ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. "Hallez " is used by some 400 people in France , about 200 in Belgium , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Andrija Halec,
Tea Halec,
Mladen Halec,
Dijana Halec,
Darko Halec,
Božo Halec,
Lenard Halec,
Vlado Halec,
Ružica Halec,
Stjepan Halec,
Gordana Halec,
Ivan Halec,
Jadranka Halec,
Marija Halec,
Marijana Halec,
Ivana Halec,
Vesna Halec,
Katarina Halec,
Franjo Halec