Čapeta families are Croats and they are mostly from Split. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Čapeta live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (35), Solin (10), Zagreb (<10), Osoje in Sinj area (<10), and in Baska Voda in Makarska area (<10).
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.