Plukavec families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Zagreb. In Gregurovec in Krapina area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Plukavec.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Plukavec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Gregurovec in Krapina area (35), Varazdin (<10), Crikvenica (<10), and in Bobovje (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Plukavec is present in five countries on three continents.
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.