Surname Heric in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Heric families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Heric live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Jalsovec in Mursko Sredisce area (15), Gornja Bistra in Oroslavje area (10), Zelezna Gora in Mursko Sredisce area (10), Novaki Bistranski in Oroslavje area (<10), and in Leskovec in Mursko Sredisce area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Heric (including: Heriz , Theriez , Herich , Herrich , Theric , Heritz , Hericz , Herric and Heryc ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Heric " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Malawi , and some 80 people in Canada. "Heritz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hericz " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Heric, Blaženka Heric, Srećko Heric, Branko Heric, Dražen Heric, Drago Heric, Stjepan Heric, Željka Heric, Dušan Heric, Ivan Heric, Barbara Heric, Dušanka Heric, Kristijan Heric, Manuela Heric, Damir Heric, Marijana Heric, Ana Heric, Albert Heric, Josip Heric

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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