Surname Hren in modern Croatia

Hren families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Donja Stubica area. In Slani Potok in Donja Stubica area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Hren.

Prevalence

About 910 people with faimily name Hren live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 790 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 73 other places, mostly in Zagreb (220), Vucak (70), Slani Potok in Donja Stubica area (50), Trnovec in Varazdin area (45), and in Cakovec (30).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (2), Germany (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Hren (including: Choren , Heren , Thoren , Thren , Charen , Chren , Churen , Chiren and Hreen ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Hren " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 100 in Austria , and some 90 people in Argentina. "Thren " is used by some 200 people in Germany and about 100 in the United States. "Hreen " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Izabela Hren, Josip Hren, Željko Hren, Darko Hren, Mladen Hren, Nataša Hren, Arnold Hren, Ivan Hren, Bogomir Hren, Dalibor Hren, Zdravko Hren, Miroslav Hren, Mario Hren, Bojana Hren, Antun Hren, Boris Hren, Sanda Hren, Tomislav Hren, Slavko Hren

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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