Surname Kapetanović in modern Croatia

Kapetanović families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Nasice area , rarely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Ljetovik in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Kapetanović.

Prevalence

About 700 people with faimily name Kapetanović live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Split (75), Zadar (35), Rijeka (35), and in Daruvar (25).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), Austria (1), Canada (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Kapetanović (including: Kapetanovic , Kapetanovich ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Kapetanovic " is used by some 500 people in Sweden , about 500 in Germany , and some 500 people in the United States. "Kapetanovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nataša Kapetanović, Tatjana Kapetanović, Amir Kapetanović, Franjo Kapetanović, Marcela Kapetanović, Andreja Kapetanović, Blaženka Kapetanović, Ljiljana Kapetanović, Krunoslav Kapetanović, Damir Kapetanović, Andrea Kapetanović, Hrvoje Kapetanović, Mahmud Kapetanović, Amira Kapetanović, Jure Kapetanović, Davor Kapetanović, Šefik Kapetanović, Denis Kapetanović, Jadran Kapetanović

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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