In Croatia, Ranec families are generally Croats (from Dugo Selo area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Dugo Selo area. In Ivanja Reka in Zagreb every ninth inhabitant had the family name Ranec.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Ranec live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Ivanja Reka (15), Zagreb (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).