In Croatia, Markovec families are Croats (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 40 people with faimily name Markovec live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Podevcevo (30), Cirkvena in Krizevci area (<10), Macki in Cazma area (<10), Varazdin (<5), and in Crikvenica (<5).