In Croatia, Beličanec families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Beličanec live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Podturen (<5) and Ferketinec (<5) in Mursko Sredisce area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Beličanec is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.