In Croatia, Bigec families are Croats (from Donja Stubica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina and in Donja Stubica area. In Lazi Krapinski in Krapina every third inhabitant had the family name Bigec.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Bigec live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Lazi Krapinski (10), Sveti Matej in Donja Stubica area (<10), Virovitica (<10), Rezovac (<5), and in Podgaj Petrovski in Krapina area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bigec is present in two countries on two continents.
