Vugrinec families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Cakovec.
Prevalence
About 1100 people with faimily name Vugrinec live in Croatia today, in 450 households. There were 990 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 108 other places, mostly in Trnovec in Varazdin area (170), Cakovec (125), Zagreb (120), Varazdin (55), and in Turcin in Varazdin area (50).
Outside Croatia
At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (2), Spain (1), Austria (1), France (1), and to Canada (1). Family name Vugrinec is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Vugrinec " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Austria.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.