Japunčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Japunčić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Dubrovnik (10), Licko Cerje in Obrovac area (10), Osijek (<10), and in Donji Furjan (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (3), Germany (2), and to the United States (1). Family name Japunčić (including: Japuncic , Yapuncich ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. "Yapuncich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Brazil.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
