Popijač families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Zagreb. In Purga Bednjanska in Lepoglava area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Popijač.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Popijač live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 210 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 13 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (45), Zagreb (40), Varazdin (20), Jerovec (10), and in Ledinec in Varazdin area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Popijač is present in two countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.