Surname Kapić in modern Croatia

Kapić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia), less frequently Bosniaks (also from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Cazin area) and in Split.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Kapić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Podstrana in Solin area (45), Zagreb (20), Zadar (10), Vir in Nin area (10), and in Virje in Djurdjevac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kapić (including: Kapic , Kapici , Kapichi , Kapich , Kappich , Kapiche , Kapych , Kapics , Kapiec and Kapicz ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Kapic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Austria , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Kapics " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Capic " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Halil Kapić, Sven Kapić, Nino Kapić, Jasminka Kapić, Ante Kapić, Svjetlana Kapić, Emir Kapić, Antonija Kapić, Dragan Kapić, Edita Kapić, Jasenko Kapić, Valentino Kapić, Emin Kapić, Mirjana Kapić, Elvis Kapić, Ivana Kapić, Amir Kapić, Juraj Kapić, Hasib Kapić

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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