Gamilec families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Varazdin. In Pašnik in Lepoglava area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gamilec.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Gamilec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Varazdin (15), Samobor (<10), Krapina (<10), and in Pasnik in Lepoglava area (<10).
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.