Surname Harča in modern Croatia

Harča families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci , rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci and in Krizevci area. In places Dijankovec and Erdovec in Krizevci every ninth inhabitant had the family name Harča.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Harča live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Krizevci (35), Dijankovec (35), Zagreb (15), Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (<10), and in Erdovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Harča (including: Harca , Harcha , Charca , Harcsa , Charcha , Harcia , Chartschlaa and Charchha ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. "Harcha " is used by some 600 people in Morocco , about 400 in Chile , and small number of people in the United States. "Harcia " is used by small number of people in the Philippines , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Colombia.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Harča, Zoran Harča, Valent Harča, Kristina Harča, Marko Harča, Jasmina Harča, Ivan Harča, Ivica Harča, Davor Harča, Marijana Harča, Ružica Harča, Nenad Harča, Tatjana Harča, Ljudevit Harča, Darko Harča, Miroslav Harča, Dubravka Harča, Sonja Harča, Mišo Harča

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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