In Croatia, Hercezi families are Croats (from Novi Marof ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Hercezi live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Donje Makojisce (<10), Madzarevo (<5), Novi Marof (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Hercezi is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.