In Croatia, Čubanec families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Čubanec live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Velesevec in Ivanic-Grad area (15), Zagreb (<5), Obed in Ivanic-Grad area (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Brezane Lekenicke in Petrinja area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Čubanec 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 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.