Pikec families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica area and in Osijek.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Pikec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 10 other places, mostly in Modrovec in Donja Stubica area (30), in Vuka (25) and Hrastovac (20) in Djakovo area, Zagreb (15), and in Banscica in Donja Stubica area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pikec (including: Picech , Pichezzi and Pichovec ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Pikec " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.