Surname Ivanec in modern Croatia

Ivanec families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area , less frequently Slovaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Djurdjevac area. In Martijanec in Ludbreg area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Ivanec.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Ivanec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Sveta Nedelja in Samobor area (15), in Kladare (10) and Pitomaca (<10) in Djurdjevac area, and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ivanec (including: Yvanez , Ivanetz , Ivanez , Iwanec and Iwanetz ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Ivanez " is used by some 100 people in France and small number in the United States. "Iwanec " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Yvanez " is used by some 100 people in France and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Ivanec, Dragutin Ivanec, Firda Ivanec, Željko Ivanec, Josip Ivanec, Tihomir Ivanec, Jerko Ivanec, Robert Ivanec, Lovro Ivanec, Siniša Ivanec, Miroslav Ivanec, Krunoslav Ivanec, Gordana Ivanec, Zvonimir Ivanec, Slava Ivanec, Laura Ivanec, Jasmina Ivanec, Emil Ivanec, Ivica Ivanec

Mentions in sources

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.

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