In Croatia, Kapeli families are Croats (from Zapresic ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Garesnica.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Kapeli live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located and another small Croatian place , mostly in Zapresic (<10), Sibenik (<10), Zagreb (<5), Split (<5), and in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5).
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.