Surname Heller in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Heller families are generally Croats (from Slavonski Brod ), very rarely Austrians (from Osijek ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Heller live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Rezovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Heller (including: Höller , Theller , Cheller and Choweller ) is present in 87 countries worldwide. The family name "Heller " is used by some 30000 people in the United States , about 20000 in Germany , and some 3000 people in Brazil. "Theller " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in France. "Choweller " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Heller, Jasna Heller, Dražen Heller, Petar Heller, Helena Heller, Senka Heller, Bojana Heller, Leonid Heller, Agnes Heller, Artur Heller, Monica Heller, Bernard Heller, Božena Heller, Leopold Heller, Hilda Heller, Štefanija Heller, Zdenka Heller, Mira Heller, Dragutin Heller

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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