Krapinec families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Krapinec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (35), Zagreb (20), Koprivnicki Bregi in Koprivnica area (20), Domahovo in Zabok area (15), and in Samobor (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.