Lepoglavec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec and Varazdin. In Salinovec in Ivanec every eighth inhabitant had the family name Lepoglavec.
Prevalence
About 200 people with faimily name Lepoglavec live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Salinovec (45), Varazdin (15), Ivanec (15), Zagreb (15), and in Gorican in Cakovec area (10).
Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Lepoglavec is present in three countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.