In Croatia, Halapija families are Croats (from Ludbreg area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Ludbreg.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Halapija live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), in Zupanec (10) and Novo Selo Podravsko (<10) in Ludbreg area, Selnica Podravska in Koprivnica area (<10), and in Gracina (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Canada (1). Family name Halapija is present in two countries on two continents.
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.