Igrec families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Prelog area.
Prevalence
About 460 people with faimily name Igrec live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (165), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (55), Cakovec (35), Beretinec in Varazdin area (35), and in Prelog (20).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Australia (1). Family name Igrec is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Igrec " is used by some 200 people in French Polynesia , about 100 in South Africa , and some 60 people in the United States.
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.
