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Surname Hrkač in modern Croatia
Hrkač families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. According to some sources they are from Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area) and in Slavonski Brod. In Prisade in Doboj area, BiH every eighth inhabitant had the family name Hrkač.
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Prevalence
About 250 people with faimily name Hrkač live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Slavonski Brod (35), Djakovo (20), Darda in Osijek area (10), and in Ludbreg (10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Hrkač (including: Hrkac , Hrkach and Cherkach ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Hrkac " is used by some 90 people in Canada , about 80 in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Hrkach " is used by some 50 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Stipe Hrkač,
Pero Hrkač,
Alexander Hrkač,
Dražen Hrkač,
Mirko Hrkač,
Petar Hrkač,
Vlado Hrkač,
Ljiljana Hrkač,
Franjo Hrkač,
Branko Hrkač,
Zoran Hrkač,
Roland Hrkač,
Krešimir Hrkač,
Zlatko Hrkač,
Denis Hrkač,
Jure Hrkač,
Velidar Hrkač,
Bojan Hrkač,
Nikola Hrkač