Surname Čapalija in modern Croatia

Čapalija families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Trogir.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Čapalija live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Split (55), Stari Mikanovci in Djakovo area (15), Zagreb (15), Sibenik (<10), and in Solin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Čapalija is present in 8 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Milan Čapalija, Marina Čapalija, Domagoj Čapalija, Željko Čapalija, Ante Čapalija, Lucija Čapalija, Vladimira Čapalija, Tihomir Čapalija, Jerko Čapalija, Davor Čapalija, Nataša Čapalija, Maja Čapalija, Marija Čapalija, Dino Čapalija, Mario Čapalija, Vladimir Čapalija, Ivan Čapalija, Aleksandra Čapalija, Jagoda Čapalija

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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