Zlatarek families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Zlatarek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties and 10 other places, mostly in Cakovec (40), Varazdin (15), Kursanec (<10), Koprivnica (<5), and in Viskovo in Rijeka area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Zlatarek is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.