In Croatia, Kapelski families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Krapina.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Kapelski live in Croatia today, in five households only. They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Podgora Krapinska (10), and in Kriz (<10) and Bunjani (<5) in Ivanic-Grad area.
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.