Ceglec families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area. In Radovec Polje in Ivanec area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Ceglec.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Ceglec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Sracinec in Varazdin area (20), Zagreb (15), Varazdin (15), Bartolovec in Varazdin area (<10), and in Osijek (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.