Surname Putanec in modern Croatia

Putanec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Putanec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Spickovina (25), Lepoglava (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), and in Voloder in Kutina area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Putanec is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Putanec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Putanec, Gordan Putanec, Mladen Putanec, Marija Putanec, Dubravka Putanec, Andrijana Putanec, Valentin Putanec, Božica Putanec, Sunčana Putanec, Željko Putanec, Marica Putanec, Marijan Putanec, Josip Putanec, Matija Putanec, Nike Putanec, Mirela Putanec, Ivan Putanec, Nadica Putanec, Goran Putanec

Mentions in sources

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.

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