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Surname Hedl in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Hedl families are almost entirely Croats (from Vrbovec area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Vrbovec area. In Haganj in Vrbovec area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Hedl.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Hedl live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Nova Kapela in Vrbovec area (15), Zagreb (<10), Gornji Sredjani in Daruvar area (<10), Haganj in Vrbovec area (<10), and in Osijek (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Hedl (including: Hödl , Hédl ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Hedl " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Austria. "Hödl " is used by some 1000 people in Austria , about 1000 in Germany , and some 70 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Ljerka Hedl,
Dragutin Hedl,
Vesnica Hedl,
Marina Hedl,
Radoslav Hedl,
Predrag Hedl,
Zvonimir Hedl,
Dubravka Hedl,
Tomislav Hedl,
Damir Hedl,
Iva Hedl,
Darko Hedl,
Sunčica Hedl,
Renata Hedl,
Marija Hedl,
Petar Hedl,
Darinka Hedl,
Franjo Hedl,
Ivan Hedl
