In Croatia, Jakovinac families are Croats (from Samobor ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Jakovinac live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Samobor (<5) and Porec (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Jakovinac is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.