Podvorec 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 Zagreb and in Donja Stubica area.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Podvorec live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Krecaves (25), Sveti Matej in Donja Stubica area (25), Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (15), and in Karivaros in Donja Stubica area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Podvorec is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Podvorec " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in Australia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
