In Croatia, Radanec families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb. In Sirova Katalena in Djurdjevac every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Radanec.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Radanec live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Prgomelje (10), Bjelovar (<10), Zagreb (<10), Sirova Katalena (<10), and in Hreljin (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Radanec 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 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.