Surname Hereković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hereković families are Croats (from Ludbreg area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Hereković live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Hrastovljan in Ludbreg area (15), Ludbreg (10), Martijanec in Ludbreg area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Varazdinske Toplice (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hereković (including: Herekovic , Cherekhovich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Stanko Hereković, Dragutin Hereković, Ivanka Hereković, Sonja Hereković, Tomo Hereković, Đurđa Hereković, Siniša Hereković, Dijana Hereković, Verica Hereković, Zoran Hereković, Ivan Hereković, Marija Hereković, Zdravko Hereković, Anka Hereković, Vladimir Hereković, Branko Hereković, Dubravko Hereković, Ivica Hereković, Valerija Hereković

Mentions in sources

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.

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