Herendić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vrbovec. In Salajci in Vrbovec area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Herendić.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Herendić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Salajci in Vrbovec area (<10), Donji Tkalec (<10), Mali Raven (<10), and in Repusnica (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Herendić is present in five countries on two continents.
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.