Bartolec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 320 people with faimily name Bartolec live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Persaves in Zlatar area (25), Ljubescica in Varazdin area (15), Koprivnica (15), and in Kutina (15).
Outside Croatia
At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), the United States (1), and to Australia (1). Family name Bartolec is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Bartolec " is used by some 70 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.