Surname Handl in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Handl families are Croats (from Bjelovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Handl live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<10) and Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Handl (including: Hándl , Chandl ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Chandl " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Handl, Hinko Handl, Sonja Handl, Tatjana Handl, Franjo Handl, Štefanija Handl, Anka Handl, Stjepan Handl, Dorian Handl, Irma Handl, Katarina Handl, Josip Handl, Erich Handl, Hans Handl, Jelka Handl, Kata Handl, Stevo Handl, Terezija Handl, Štefica Handl

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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