In Croatia, Šarutančec families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Šarutančec live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Paukovec (15), Paukovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5), Belovar (<5), Donja Zelina (<5), and in Luzan (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Šarutančec is present in this form only in Croatia.