In Croatia, Šafranec families are Croats (from Novi Marof area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Šafranec live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Radesic in Novi Marof area (<10), Cakovec (<10), Demerje (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).
