Prekupec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In Druškovec in Ivanec area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Prekupec.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Prekupec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 15 other places, mostly in Druskovec in Ivanec area (40), Zagreb (20), Varazdin (20), Ivanec (15), and in Staznjevec (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Prekupec 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 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.