In Croatia, Trputac families are Croats (from Garesnica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Garesnica and Kutina.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Trputac live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Kaniska Iva (20), Zagreb (15), Garesnica (<10), Zdralovi (<5), and in Kutina (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Trputac is present in four countries on two continents. "Terputac " 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 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.