Španec families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Donja Stubica area.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Španec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Hum Stubicki in Donja Stubica area (20), Donja Stubica (10), Sesvete (<10), and in Oroslavje (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Španec 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.