Surname Herjavec in modern Croatia

Herjavec families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Herjavec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Varazdin (20), Zagreb (20), Kutina (15), Strigova in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), and in Vuksin Sipak (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Herjavec is present in 7 countries on two continents. "Heryavec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anđelko Herjavec, Nevenko Herjavec, Berislav Herjavec, Ivan Herjavec, Alen Herjavec, Josip Herjavec, Dražen Herjavec, Stanislava Herjavec, Ružica Herjavec, Bojana Herjavec, Josipa Herjavec, Matija Herjavec, Mario Herjavec, Katarina Herjavec, Gordana Herjavec, Verica Herjavec, Zora Herjavec, Anita Herjavec, Dejan Herjavec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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