In Croatia, Vargec families are Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Vargec live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (<10), Gorican in Cakovec area (<10), Split (<5), and in Cakovec (<5).