Hegediš families are often Croats and they are mostly from Osijek area , less frequently Hungarians (also from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Osijek area.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Hegediš live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Darda in Osijek area (15), Zagreb (10), Osijek (10), Kotoriba in Prelog area (10), and in Kutjevo in Orahovica area (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.