In Croatia, Stepanec families are Croats (from Petrinja ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Petrinja. In Mala Gorica in Petrinja every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Stepanec.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Stepanec live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in only four naselja i to in Mala Gorica (<10), Stara Drencina (<10), Preloscica (<5), and in Sisak (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Stepanec is present in 14 countries on three continents.
