Cerovec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 430 people with faimily name Cerovec live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Radoboj in Krapina area (55), Cakovec (25), Kutina (25), and in Miklavec in Mursko Sredisce area (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Cerovec is present in five countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.