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Surname Drapela in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Drapela families are Croats (from Cazma area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Cazma area. In Šimljanik in Cazma area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Drapela.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Drapela live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Josipovac (<10), Solin (<5), Cepin in Osijek area (<5), Visnjevac (<5), and in Osijek (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Drapela (including: Drápela , Drapella ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Drapela " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Austria. "Drápela " is used by some 400 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Chile.
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Characteristic first names
Davor Drapela,
Silvija Drapela,
Damir Drapela,
Dubravka Drapela,
Branimir Drapela,
Stjepan Drapela,
Mila Drapela,
Snježana Drapela,
Emina Drapela,
Anja Drapela,
Dino Drapela,
Željko Drapela,
Antun Drapela,
Matilda Drapela,
Dragutin Drapela,
Juraj Drapela,
Valentina Drapela,
Tomislav Drapela,
Lana Drapela