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Surname Orehovec in modern Croatia
Orehovec families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Zagreb.
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Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Orehovec live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Sveta Marija in Prelog area (80), Zagreb (75), Cakovec (15), Koprivnica (15), and in Cukovec (15).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Orehovec is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Orehovec " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Mara Orehovec,
Zorko Orehovec,
Željko Orehovec,
Darko Orehovec,
Vesna Orehovec,
Vladimir Orehovec,
Zlatko Orehovec,
Danko Orehovec,
Igor Orehovec,
Zoran Orehovec,
Željka Orehovec,
Bernarda Orehovec,
Ivan Orehovec,
Tomislav Orehovec,
Franjo Orehovec,
Emil Orehovec,
Marko Orehovec,
Josip Orehovec,
Mladen Orehovec