Surname Ćapeta in modern Croatia

Ćapeta families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area. In Osoje in Sinj area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Ćapeta.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Ćapeta live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Osoje in Sinj area (80), Split (40), Kraj in Sinj area (10), Solin (<10), and in Omis (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćapeta (including: Capeta , Chapeta , Cappetta , Chiapetta , Capetta , Chapetta , Chiapeta , Chappeta , Ciapetta and Cappeta ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. "Chappeta " is used by small number of people in Brazil and small number of people in the United States. "Cappeta " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cappetta " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 600 in Italy , and some 300 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Tamara Ćapeta, Božo Ćapeta, Ivana Ćapeta, Marko Ćapeta, Darjo Ćapeta, Miroslav Ćapeta, Milica Ćapeta, Nedjeljka Ćapeta, Koviljka Ćapeta, Bernard Ćapeta, Silvana Ćapeta, Nada Ćapeta, Gordana Ćapeta, Zoran Ćapeta, Jurica Ćapeta, Danijela Ćapeta, Maja Ćapeta, Tanja Ćapeta, Marija Ćapeta

Mentions in sources

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.

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