Lusavec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Bjelovar.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Lusavec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Pece in Zlatar area (40), Zagreb (15), Vinkovci (10), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (10), and in Varazdin (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Lusavec is present in four countries on two continents.
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.