Surname Džapo in modern Croatia

Džapo families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. According to some sources they are from Vinkovaca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb. In Oklaj in Knin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Džapo.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Džapo live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Oklaj in Knin area (45), Zadar (25), Split (<10), and in Vukovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Džapo (including: Dzapo , Dapo , Djapo , Dhapo , Dappo and Dzhappo ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Dzapo " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Dapo " is used by some 500 people in the Philippines , about 200 in Indonesia , and some 100 people in the United States. "Djapo " is used by some 90 people in Cameroon , about 70 in Japan , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Džapo, Jasminka Džapo, Željko Džapo, Hrvoje Džapo, Miro Džapo, Marko Džapo, Slavko Džapo, Maja Džapo, Ivan Džapo, Ivica Džapo, Mile Džapo, Filip Džapo, Zdenka Džapo, Ivo Džapo, Božica Džapo, Stipe Džapo, Vanja Džapo, Iva Džapo, Dražan Džapo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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