In Croatia, Šapit families are Croats (from Makarska ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Makarska.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Šapit live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in only five naselja i to in Makarska (40), Zagreb (<5), Kozica (<5), Veliko Brdo (<5), and in Poljica Kozicka (<5).