Goričanec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area. In Čičkovina in Ludbreg area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Goričanec.
Prevalence
About 490 people with faimily name Goričanec live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 72 other places, mostly in Cakovec (65), Zagreb (35), Mursko Sredisce (30), Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (30), and in Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (25).
Outside Croatia
At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (3), Germany (2), Austria (1), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Canada (1). Family name Goričanec is present in 9 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
