In Croatia, Heger families are predominantly Croats (from Djakovo area ), rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Cazma.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Heger live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Cazma (<10), Batina in Beli Manastir area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Velika Kopanica in Djakovo area (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.