Frkanec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Zagreb. In Kraj Gornji in Zapresic area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Frkanec.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Frkanec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Marija Gorica in Zapresic area (10), Dubravica in Klanjec area (10), Kraj Donji in Zapresic area (10), and in Zapresic (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Frkanec is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Frkanec " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.