Surnames and Personal Names under H in Stična’s 16th-Century Manorial Records
A Statistical Look at Surnames: The Letter H
In this blog post, we explore surnames beginning with the letter H in the 16th-century Stična manorial records. The list includes 14 surnames, five of which have not survived to the present day: Harlan, Hegler, Herdl, Hlabše, and Hudelj. The remaining surnames are still in use, carried by many Slovenians today.
The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia offers an excellent tool for researching the frequency of surnames and given names in Slovenia. You can explore this data yourself at SiStat to check the presence of a particular name or surname.
Among H surnames, the most common is Hribar, which ranked 19th in Slovenia in 2024, with slightly over 3,000 people carrying the name. It is followed by Hočevar, which ranks 24th with 2,746 individuals. Further down the list, Hafner—the German equivalent of the Slovenian surname Lončar (meaning “potter”)—ranks 172nd, with just under 1,000 people. The other H surnames are much rarer:
- Hodnik ranks 982nd (368 people)
- Hlebec ranks 2,111th (just over 200 people)
- Hudelja is carried by slightly more than 100 people
- Hegler by 84 people
- Hudomalj by 71 people
- Hude by 32 people
- Holzer is ranked 27,091st in 2024, with only 5 individuals bearing the surname.
Surnames Starting with H:
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- Hafner: Hafner (1505), Haffner (1544, 1558)
- Harlan: Harlann (1505), Harlan (1544, 1558)
- Hegler: Hegler (1574, 1575)
- Herdl: Herdl (1572, 1575)
- Hlabše: Chlabtshe (1505)
- Hlebec: Hlebetz (1544), Chlewitz (1558), Khlewiz (1572)
- Hočevar: Chotshewar (1505), Hotsheuer (1575)
- Hodnik: Chodnikch (1505)
- Hofner: Hoffner (1544)
- Holzer: Holzer (1572)
- Hribar: Chribar (1544, 1558, 1572), Chriber (1558), Hribar (1544, 1574), Chrybar (1572), Criber (1575)
- Hude: Hude (1574)
- Hudelj: Hudl (1572)
- Hudomalj: Hidimall (1572), Hudmall (1574)
Personal Names Starting with H:
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- Hans: Hans (1505), Hanns (1544)
- Herman: Herman (1505)
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- Helena: Helena (1558)