Ivec families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Ivec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Novi Marof (30), Mozdjenec (10), Trnovec in Varazdin area (10), and in Sibenik (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.