Surname Held in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Held families are Croats (from Slatina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slatina area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Held live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Osijek (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Vukovar (<10), and in Slatina (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Held (including: Cheeld , Thaheld ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. The family name "Held " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Brazil. "Cheeld " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Thaheld " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Held, Armando Held, Lidija Held, Kristina Held, Ivan Held, Davor Held, Antun Held, Ana Held, Marko Held, Drago Held, Dražen Held, Martina Held, Elvis Held, Željko Held, Vesna Held, Boris Held, Dragoljub Held, Josef Held, Riccardo Held

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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