Hercigonja families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pregrada. In Lenišće in Klanjec area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Hercigonja.
Prevalence
About 590 people with faimily name Hercigonja live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 670 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 59 other places, mostly in Zagreb (260), Lenisce in Klanjec area (25), Samobor (15), Gornja Plemenscina (15), and in Varazdin (15).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United Kingdom (1), and to the United States (1). Family name Hercigonja is present in 9 countries on two continents. The family name "Hercigonja " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.
