In Croatia, Prekomorec families are Croats (from Vrbovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Prekomorec live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 7 other places, mostly in Lovrecka Varos (10), Dugo Selo (<10), Lovrecka Velika (<5), Zunci (<5), and in Koska in Nasice area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Prekomorec is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.