In Croatia, Hendelja families are Croats (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Krizevci. In Bogačevo in Krizevci area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Hendelja.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Hendelja live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 9 other places, mostly in Miholec (<10), Crncevec (<10) and Sveti Petar Orehovec (<10) in Krizevci area, Krizevci (<5), and in Medja in Krizevci area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Hendelja is present in three countries on two continents.
