In Croatia, Grkavec families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina and Zagreb. In Zadrkovec in Sveti Ivan Zelina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Grkavec.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Grkavec live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zadrkovec (25), Zagreb (15), Dapci (<5), Cakovec (<5), and in Biskupec Zelinski (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Grkavec is present in this form only in Croatia.
