Sremec families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. According to some sources they are from Srijem. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica. In Pažurovec in Zlatar area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Sremec.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Sremec live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Koprivnica (30), Radesic in Novi Marof area (20), Pazurovec in Zlatar area (15), and in Koprivnicki Ivanec in Koprivnica area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Sremec is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Sremec " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.