Surname Henčić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Henčić families are Croats (from Varazdin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area. In Goruševnjak in Ivanec area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Henčić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Henčić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 12 other places, mostly in Varazdin (10), Sracinec in Varazdin area (<5), Cestica in Ivanec area (<5), Petrijanec in Varazdin area (<5), and in Beli Manastir (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Henčić (including: Hentschel , Hencic , Hentschell and Chenchick ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. "Hentschel " is used by some 10000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Mexico. "Hentschell " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Chenchick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dejan Henčić, Tomica Henčić, Gordana Henčić, Branko Henčić, Marijan Henčić, Snježana Henčić, Damir Henčić, Krešimir Henčić, Krunoslav Henčić, Dražen Henčić, Renata Henčić, Zlatko Henčić, Blaženka Henčić, Tanja Henčić, Josip Henčić, Ivan Henčić, Jela Henčić, Franjo Henčić, Mirko Henčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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