Surname Herc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Herc families are Croats (from Prelog area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Cakovec. In Donji Mihaljevec in Prelog area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Herc.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Herc live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Sveta Marija (15) and Kotoriba (<10) in Prelog area, Beli Manastir (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Herc (including: Herz , Hertz , Hercz , Hertzsch , Herch , Heerze , Cherc , Cherch and Heerz ) is present in 99 countries worldwide. "Herz " is used by some 9000 people in Germany , about 3000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Egypt. "Hertz " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in Brazil. "Hercz " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Herc, Manuela Herc, Dinko Herc, David Herc, Josip Herc, Antonio Herc, Ana Herc, Roberta Herc, Ivan Herc, Mladen Herc, Branko Herc, Renata Herc, Dino Herc, Andrija Herc, Mijo Herc, Ljubica Herc, Nada Herc, Marija Herc, Dražen Herc

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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