Žunec families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Jastrebarsko area. In Bratina in Jastrebarsko area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Žunec.
Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Žunec live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Bratina in Jastrebarsko area (65), Varazdin (20), Kupinec in Jastrebarsko area (15), and in Cestica in Ivanec area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Žunec (including: Zunec , Zunez ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Zunez " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.