Rihtarec families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Mursko Sredisce.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Rihtarec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located and 11 other Croatian places, mostly in Mursko Sredisce (45), Cakovec (15), Zagreb (<10), Selnica in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Rihtarec is present in four countries.
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.