In Croatia, Berulec 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.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Berulec live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Laktec (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Berulec 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 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.