Drkulec families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Jastrebarsko area. In Donja Purgarija in Jastrebarsko area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Drkulec.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Drkulec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Donja Purgarija in Jastrebarsko area (30), Zagreb (15), Osijek (10), Pozega (10), and in Krivaj (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Drkulec is present in four countries on two continents.
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.