Spevec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area. In Vukanci in Zlatar area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Spevec.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Spevec live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Vukanci in Zlatar area (60), Zagreb (40), Zlatar (15), Sesvete (15), and in Samobor (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Spevec is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Spevetz " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.