Trgovec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok and Zagreb. In Dubrava Zabočka in Zabok every seventh inhabitant had the family name Trgovec.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Trgovec live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent. They are only located in in 10 Croatian cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Dubrava Zabocka (30), Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (<10), Gornji Stupnik in Samobor area (<10), and in Bracak (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Trgovec is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Trgovec " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.