In Croatia, Cappelli families are predominantly Croats (from the Island of Losinj ), rarely Italians (also from the Island of Losinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Losinj.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Cappelli live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<10) and Opatija (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.