Hrastovec families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Vrbovec area. In Ladina in Vrbovec area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Hrastovec.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Hrastovec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 11 other places, mostly in Varazdin (25), Ladina in Vrbovec area (25), Zagreb (<10), Dubrava in Vrbovec area (<5), and in Crnec Biskupecki (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Hrastovec is present in four countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
