In Croatia, Antolec families are Croats (from Petrinja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Antolec live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent. They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Lekenik in Petrinja area (10) and Sisak (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Antolec is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Antolec " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Poland.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.