Polanec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Polanec live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Cakovec (30), Selnica in Mursko Sredisce area (15), Vukanovec in Cakovec area (15), and in Sesvete (10).
Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Austria (1). Family name Polanec is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Polanec " is used by some 80 people in Germany , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria.
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.
