Surname Hero in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Hero live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), Baska on the Island of Krk (<10), Zagreb (<10), Liznjan in Pula area (<10), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Australia (4), and to the United Kingdom (3).
Family name Hero (including: Chero , Thiero , Thero , Herro , Cherro , Heeroo , Heero , Heroh and Herho ) is present in 121 countries worldwide. "Thero " is used by some 3000 people in Sri Lanka , about 500 in Myanmar , and some 200 people in the United States. "Herro " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 200 in Indonesia , and some 200 people in Lebanon. "Herho " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Hero, Mirna Hero, Miroslav Hero, Domagoj Hero, Darko Hero, Davor Hero, Vojko Hero, Kristijan Hero, Edo Hero, Mila Hero, Milena Hero, Goran Hero, Mihaela Hero, Đani Hero, Danijela Hero, Jelka Hero, Mirjana Hero, Neven Hero, Alen Hero

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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