Šarec families are Croats and they are mostly from Orahovica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Martinkovec in Varazdinske Toplice every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šarec.
Prevalence
About 310 people with faimily name Šarec live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 44 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Lunjkovec in Ludbreg area (25), Lijeva Martinska Ves in Sisak area (25), Varazdinske Toplice (20), and in Zupanja (15).