Surname Kapor in modern Croatia

Kapor families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Zagreb. In Mirilovići in East Herzegovina nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kapor.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kapor live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Blato on the Island of Korcula (15), Dubrovnik (15), Korcula on the Island of Korcula (15), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kapor (including: Kapoor , Capor , Czapor , Capoor , Kappor , Chapor , Kappoor and Kaporr ) is present in 125 countries worldwide. The family name "Kapor " is used by some 400 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Pakistan. "Kapoor " is used by some 8000 people in the United States , about 7000 in Pakistan , and some 4000 people in Bangladesh. "Kaporr " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljubomir Kapor, Frankica Kapor, Jadran Kapor, Jens Kapor, Zoran Kapor, Antun Kapor, Vesna Kapor, Ozren Kapor, Ivan Kapor, Matija Kapor, Željko Kapor, Marin Kapor, Đurđica Kapor, Josip Kapor, Bernarda Kapor, Gordana Kapor, Ambroz Kapor, Bruno Kapor, Zlatko Kapor

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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