In Croatia, Gjuretec families are Croats (from Vrbovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Gjuretec live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Lonjica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gjuretec is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.