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Surname Čepelja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Čepelja families are Croats (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krizevci area.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Čepelja live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Lepoglava (<10), Bjelovar (<5), Sveti Ivan Zabno in Krizevci area (<5), and in Split (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Čepelja is present in this form only in Croatia.
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Characteristic first names
Tomislav Čepelja,
Damir Čepelja,
Nada Čepelja,
Gordana Čepelja,
Daniel Čepelja,
Dora Čepelja,
Gordan Čepelja,
Nevenka Čepelja,
Zvonimir Čepelja,
Neda Čepelja,
Marijan Čepelja,
Milan Čepelja,
Đuro Čepelja,
Katarina Čepelja,
Marija Čepelja,
Nikola Čepelja,
Dragutin Čepelja,
Stjepan Čepelja,
Branko Čepelja