Heged families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Novi Marof area.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Heged live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Visoko in Novi Marof area (10), Garesnica (<10), Zagreb (<10), Zrinska in Grubisno Polje area (<10), and in Zabrdje in Vrbovec area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Heged is present in four countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
