Surname Ćapin in modern Croatia

Ćapin families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Imotsko. In Podbablje Gornje in Imotski area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ćapin.

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Ćapin live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Podbablje Gornje (110) and Zmijavci (65) in Imotski area, Split (55), Zagreb (30), and in Makarska (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćapin (including: Capin , Chapin , Chappin , Chiappin , Chiapin , Capien and Cappin ) is present in 62 countries worldwide. "Chapin " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 900 in France , and some 500 people in Canada. "Chappin " is used by some 100 people in the Netherlands and small number in the United States. "Cappin " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tatjana Ćapin, Željko Ćapin, Ante Ćapin, Melita Ćapin, Mladen Ćapin, Bruno Ćapin, Anita Ćapin, Nedjeljko Ćapin, Ivan Ćapin, Kristina Ćapin, Goran Ćapin, Damir Ćapin, Nadil Ćapin, Dejan Ćapin, Franka Ćapin, Silvija Ćapin, Nikola Ćapin, Slađana Ćapin, Ivana Ćapin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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