Surname Hecer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hecer families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Hecer live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area (<5), Kutina (<5), Djurdjevac (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hecer (including: Hetzer , Hezer , Hecher , Chiecher , Checher , Höcher and Thecer ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Hecer " is used by few people in the United States. "Hetzer " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 1000 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Hecer, Božidar Hecer, Dražen Hecer, Brankica Hecer, Branka Hecer, Darko Hecer, Sandra Hecer, Katica Hecer, Željko Hecer, Davor Hecer, Vanja Hecer, Zvonimir Hecer, Ana Hecer, Danica Hecer, Josip Hecer, Stjepana Hecer, Đurđa Hecer, Đurđe Hecer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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