Holjevac families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj area. According to some sources they are from Brinja near Senja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Senj area.
Prevalence
About 430 people with faimily name Holjevac live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 470 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 33 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Brinje in Senj area (45), Podmelnica (20), Musaluk (15), and in Slunj (15).
Outside Croatia
At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (2), Canada (2), and to the Netherlands (1). Family name Holjevac is present in 13 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.