In Croatia, Turčec families are Croats (from Krapina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krapina area. In Kraljevec Šemnički in Krapina area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Turčec.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Turčec live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), in Radoboj (<10) and Gornja Semnica (<10) in Krapina area, Dukovec in Zabok area (<5), and in Donja Selnica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Turčec is present in three countries on two continents.
