In Croatia, Karpišek families are generally Croats (from Pakrac ), barely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pakrac.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Karpišek live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Daruvar (<10), Sulinec (<5), Badljevina (<5), and in Nova Kapela in Vrbovec area (<5).