Surname Capor in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Capor families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Podgorica, Montenegro.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Capor live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Komaji in Dubrovnik area (15), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Capor (including: Zapor , Capoor and Chapor ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Zapor " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Romania , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Capoor " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Algeria , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Đuro Capor, Luka Capor, Zrinka Capor, Jadranko Capor, Romana Capor, Meri Capor, Željko Capor, Katarina Capor, Maro Capor, Ivo Capor, Luce Capor, Ane Capor, Rade Capor, Mitrić Capor, Božo Capor, Jele Capor, Dragan Capor, Marija Capor, Mirja Capor

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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