Jagarinec families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Zagreb. In places Jazbina Cvetlinska , Osonjak and Cvetlin in Lepoglava area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Jagarinec.
Prevalence
About 320 people with faimily name Jagarinec live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 400 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 21 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Koprivnica (30), in Cvetlin (30) and Jazbina Cvetlinska (20) in Lepoglava area, and in Slatina (15).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1). Family name Jagarinec is present in 11 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.