Surname Hel in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hel families are Croats (from Pleternica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica and Pozega. In Resnik in Pleternica every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Hel.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Hel live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Resnik (15), Svilna (10), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hel (including: Hell , Thel , Hehl , Helly , Heel , Helli , Hellie , Heely and Hél ) is present in 155 countries worldwide. "Hehl " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 90 people in Brazil. "Heely " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Hellie " is used by some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Luka Hel, Mirjana Hel, Dalibor Hel, Nikola Hel, Vjekoslav Hel, Mihael Hel, Antun Hel, Danijel Hel, Marija Hel, Kornelija Hel, Kristina Hel, Ljubica Hel, Marica Hel, Gabrijela Hel, Valentina Hel, Albert Hel, Marta Hel, Krešimir Hel, Tomislav Hel

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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