Jakupec families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Koprivnica.
Prevalence
About 330 people with faimily name Jakupec live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (95), Koprivnica (35), Zagreb (30), Peteranec in Koprivnica area (20), and in Virovitica (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Jakupec is present in 6 countries on three 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.