In Croatia, Počakal families are Croats (from Varazdin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Počakal live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Varazdin (10) and Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Počakal is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.