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Surname Hlebec in modern Croatia
Hlebec families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Bjelovar. In Lučinci in Pozega area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Hlebec.
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Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Hlebec live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Tuhovec (30), Zagreb (25), Jazvine in Krapina area (15), Varazdinske Toplice (15), and in Bjelovar (15).
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Outside Croatia
At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (2), and to France (1).
Family name Hlebec (including: Hlebetz , Chlebec and Hlebez ) is present in 12 countries on four continents.
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Characteristic first names
Krešimir Hlebec,
Zvonimir Hlebec,
Zdravko Hlebec,
Jadranka Hlebec,
Mirjana Hlebec,
Stjepan Hlebec,
Nenad Hlebec,
Ruža Hlebec,
Tomislav Hlebec,
Franjo Hlebec,
Saša Hlebec,
Alen Hlebec,
Dubravka Hlebec,
Marija Hlebec,
Željko Hlebec,
Marijan Hlebec,
Maja Hlebec,
Suzana Hlebec,
Dario Hlebec
