Surname Jakopović in modern Croatia

Jakopović families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Donja Stubica area. In Dubovec in Donja Stubica area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Jakopović.

Prevalence

About 970 people with faimily name Jakopović live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 90 other places, mostly in Zagreb (280), Varazdin (45), Zarovnica (40), Dubovec in Donja Stubica area (35), and in Virje in Djurdjevac area (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), the United States (2), France (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Jakopović (including: Jakopovic , Jakopovich , Yakopovich and Yakopovic ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Jakopovic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia. "Jakopovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yakopovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Jakopović, Branimir Jakopović, Slobodan Jakopović, Jagoda Jakopović, Marko Jakopović, Željko Jakopović, Tomislav Jakopović, Darko Jakopović, Josip Jakopović, Domagoj Jakopović, Anton Jakopović, Danijela Jakopović, Stjepan Jakopović, Draženko Jakopović, Jadranka Jakopović, Vlado Jakopović, Krunoslav Jakopović, Dragutin Jakopović, Ivica Jakopović

Mentions in sources

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.

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