In Croatia, Hrle families are predominantly Croats (from East Herzegovine ), rarely Bosniaks (also from East Herzegovine ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area) and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Cazin area).
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Hrle live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (20), Ivanja Reka (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Gospic (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.