In Croatia, Tihec families are Croats (from Beli Manastir ).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Tihec live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Beli Manastir (<5), and in Sumarina (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Tihec is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.