Surname Kapelec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kapelec families are Croats (from Garesnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Garesnica area and in Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kapelec live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Velika Trnovitica in Garesnica area (10), Sisak (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kapelec is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Kapelec, Milan Kapelec, Stevo Kapelec, Stjepan Kapelec, Dalibor Kapelec, Katarina Kapelec, Marica Kapelec, Slavko Kapelec, Ankica Kapelec, Senka Kapelec, Milka Kapelec, Ana Kapelec, Hermina Kapelec, Ivan Kapelec, Martin Kapelec, Dragica Kapelec, Matej Kapelec, Marija Kapelec, Mira Kapelec

Mentions in sources

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

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