Krapec families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Jastrebarsko area. In Beter in Jastrebarsko area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Krapec.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Krapec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Dugo Selo (15), Bjelovar (15), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<10), and in Severin in Bjelovar area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Krapec (including: Krapez , Crapez ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Krapec " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Austria.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.