In Croatia, Plodinec families are almost entirely Croats (from Velika Gorica ), barely Bosniaks (also from Velika Gorica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica and Zagreb. In Staro Čiče in Velika Gorica every fifth inhabitant had the family name Plodinec.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Plodinec live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Velika Gorica (10), Staro Cice (<10), Vukovina (<5), Jagodno (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Plodinec is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Plodinec " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.