Srnec families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.
Prevalence
About 380 people with faimily name Srnec live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Cakovec (65), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (45), Zagreb (30), Belica in Cakovec area (20), and in Mackovec (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.