Pasanec families are Croats and they are mostly from Gornja Stubica area (Pasanska Gorica). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica area and in Zagreb. In Pasanska Gorica in Donja Stubica area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Pasanec.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Pasanec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Pasanska Gorica in Donja Stubica area (20), Jakovlje in Zapresic area (10), Stubicke Toplice in Oroslavje area (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pasanec is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.
