Krivec families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pregrada.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Krivec live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Split (15), Pregrada (10), Visnjevec (10), and in Dugo Selo (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Krivec (including: Krivetz , Kriwez and Kriwetz ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Krivec " is used by some 60 people in Germany , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.
