In Croatia, Brkanec families are Croats (from Sisak area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak area and in Sisak.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Brkanec live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Bok Palanjecki in Sisak area (<10) and Sisak (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Brkanec is present in this form only in Croatia.