Surname Heraković in modern Croatia

Heraković families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Cerovica in Samobor every third inhabitant had the family name Heraković.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Heraković live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Samobor (20), Ilok (<10), Velika Rakovica (<10), and in Bregana (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Heraković (including: Herakovic , Herakovich ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Herakovic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Herakovich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Heraković, Željko Heraković, Nada Heraković, Mladen Heraković, Vjekoslav Heraković, Milan Heraković, Sanja Heraković, Tomislav Heraković, Nikola Heraković, Zoran Heraković, Dragica Heraković, Kruno Heraković, Diana Heraković, Miroslav Heraković, Miloš Heraković, Ilija Heraković, Ana Heraković, Petar Heraković, Biserka Heraković

Mentions in sources

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

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