In Croatia, Fotez families are Croats (from Ivanec area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina and Varazdin. In Fotez Breg in Ivanec area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Fotez.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Fotez live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Fotez Breg in Ivanec area (20), Slatina (15), Klenovnik in Ivanec area (<10), Sracinec in Varazdin area (<10), and in Gornje Komarevo (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Fotez is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Fotez " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.
