Martinčević 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 Varazdin and in Ivanec area. In Novaki in Ivanec area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Martinčević.
Prevalence
About 930 people with faimily name Martinčević live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 920 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 110 other places, mostly in Novaki in Ivanec area (110), Varazdin (90), Zagreb (80), Osijek (35), and in Cadjavica in Slatina area (25).
Outside Croatia
Family name Martinčević is present in 15 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.