In Croatia, Kalaminec families are Croats (from Krapina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Kalaminec live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Oratje in Krapina area (<10), Crikvenica (<5), and in Vrtnjakovec (<5) and Selno (<5) in Krapina area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Kalaminec is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.