Hanževački families are Croats and they are mostly from Bjelovar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar area and in Zagreb. In Drljanovac in Bjelovar area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Hanževački.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Hanževački live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Drljanovac in Bjelovar area (20), Bjelovar (15), Sesvete (<10), and in Daruvar (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Hanževački is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.