Preksavec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. According to some sources they are from Novske. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Preksavec live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Novska (30), Stari Grabovac (10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Sisak (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Preksavec is present in four countries.
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.