In Croatia, Nećak families are mainly Croats (from Rijeka area ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Nećak live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Brlog (<10), Kraljevica (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Osijek (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.