Surname Jakopec in modern Croatia

Jakopec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Klake in Samobor every sixth inhabitant had the family name Jakopec.

Prevalence

About 580 people with faimily name Jakopec live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 630 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 62 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Varazdin (50), Samobor (45), Donja Voca in Ivanec area (40), and in Selnica in Zlatar area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (3), Germany (3), France (2), the United States (2), and to Australia (2).
Family name Jakopec (including: Yakopec , Jacopec ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Jakopec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yakopec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Jacopec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Jakopec, Sandra Jakopec, Susan Jakopec, Vesna Jakopec, Mario Jakopec, Željko Jakopec, Davorin Jakopec, Radovan Jakopec, Mladen Jakopec, Dražen Jakopec, Lovorka Jakopec, Slavica Jakopec, Damir Jakopec, Stjepan Jakopec, Krešimir Jakopec, Janko Jakopec, Josip Jakopec, Petar Jakopec, Nadica Jakopec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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