In Croatia, Zlatec families are Croats (from Djurdjevac ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Djurdjevac.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Zlatec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 10 other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (25), Zagreb (<10), Sesvete (<10), and in Drnje (<10) and Peteranec (<5) in Koprivnica area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Zlatec is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Zlatec " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.