Trputec families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica. In Dubranec in Velika Gorica every sixth inhabitant had the family name Trputec.
Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Trputec live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Velika Gorica (30), Dubranec (30), Poljana (15), and in Petravec (10).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to France (2) and the United States (1). Family name Trputec (including: Terputec , Terputecz ) is present in 6 countries on three continents.
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.