Surname Stančec in modern Croatia

Stančec families are Croats the family name originates from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica area and in Bjelovar. In Mali Otok in Koprivnica area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Stančec.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Stančec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Koprivnica (10), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (<10), Antolovec in Koprivnica area (<10), and in Hampovica in Djurdjevac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stančec (including: Stancec , Stanchec ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Stancec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Stanchec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ranko Stančec, Rudolf Stančec, Robert Stančec, Jadranka Stančec, Vladimir Stančec, Dubravko Stančec, Mario Stančec, Hrvoje Stančec, Jasna Stančec, Marija Stančec, Ivan Stančec, Mato Stančec, Ivana Stančec, Siniša Stančec, Marijan Stančec, Nikolina Stančec, Dalibor Stančec, Slavica Stančec, Tihana Stančec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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