Prelčec 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 Zagreb and Krapina. In Orehovec Radobojski in Krapina area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Prelčec.
Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Prelčec live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Orehovec Radobojski in Krapina area (20), Josipovac (20), Kutina (20), and in Belisce (15).
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.