Plantak families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area. In Bela in Novi Marof nearly every inhabitant had the family name Plantak.
Prevalence
About 850 people with faimily name Plantak live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Sracinec in Varazdin area (255), Varazdin (160), Radovan (55), Zagreb (50), and in Beretinec in Varazdin area (45).
Outside Croatia
Family name Plantak is present in 10 countries worldwide. The family name "Plantak " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in France.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.