In Croatia, Brumec families are Croats (from Ludbreg area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ludbreg area.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Brumec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Jalzabet in Ludbreg area (10), Osijek (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Cakovec (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Brumec is present in 9 countries on four continents. "Berumez " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.