Glavica families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Koprivnica. In places Bednjica and Gornja Višnjica in Lepoglava every sixth inhabitant had the family name Glavica.
Prevalence
About 390 people with faimily name Glavica live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (70), Zagreb (55), Bednjica (40), Gornja Visnjica (30), and in Varazdin (25).
Outside Croatia
Family name Glavica is present in 8 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.