Surname Kapec in modern Croatia

Kapec families are Croats and they are mostly from Glina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Glina area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kapec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Lovrecan in Oroslavje area (15), Augustanovec in Glina area (10), Sesvete (10), and in Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kapec (including: Capecci , Chlapec , Capez , Kapetz , Khapez , Kapech , Kapez , Kappec and Kapecz ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Kapec " is used by some 300 people in Slovakia , about 100 in the United States , and some 50 people in Poland. "Kapez " is used by few people in the United States. "Kappec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Maja Kapec, Josip Kapec, Brankica Kapec, Ivan Kapec, Viktorija Kapec, Željko Kapec, Krunoslav Kapec, Predrag Kapec, Stjepan Kapec, Spomenka Kapec, Hrvoje Kapec, Božidar Kapec, Marica Kapec, Suzana Kapec, Tatjana Kapec, Denis Kapec, Ivanka Kapec, Kristina Kapec, Dražen Kapec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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