In Croatia, Žilec families are Croats (from Velika Gorica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica and Zagreb. In Gradići in Velika Gorica every ninth inhabitant had the family name Žilec.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Žilec live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent. They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Velika Gorica (20), Gradici (<10), Zagreb (<5), Velika Mlaka (<5), and in Petrovina Turopoljska (<5).
