In Croatia, Dobec families are Croats (from Ludbreg ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Dobec live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Ludbreg (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Varazdin (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dobec (including: Dobezha , Dobez ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Dobec " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in Switzerland , and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.