Kruhoberec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In Dubravec in Ivanec area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kruhoberec.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Kruhoberec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 8 other places, mostly in Dubravec in Ivanec area (40), Nustar in Vinkovci area (25), Jerovec (15), Klenovnik in Ivanec area (10), and in Ivanec (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kruhoberec is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Kruhoberec " is used by few people in Czech Republic and few people in the United States.
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.