In Croatia, Vacula families are predominantly Croats (from Novska area ), rarely Czechs (also from Novska area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska area and in Novska.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Vacula live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Lipovljani in Novska area (<10) and Zagreb (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.