Surname Kapraljević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kapraljević families are Croats (from Orahovica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica area and in Nasice.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kapraljević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Fericanci in Orahovica area (30), Zagreb (15), Cacinci in Orahovica area (<10), Josipovac (<10), and in Gornji Gucani in Pozega area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kapraljević is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Antun Kapraljević, Josip Kapraljević, Đurđica Kapraljević, Dario Kapraljević, Anka Kapraljević, Marijana Kapraljević, Tomislav Kapraljević, Davor Kapraljević, Matija Kapraljević, Mirjana Kapraljević, Zorica Kapraljević, Željko Kapraljević, Goran Kapraljević, Antonio Kapraljević, Damir Kapraljević, Jelena Kapraljević, Ana Kapraljević, Vinko Kapraljević, Anica Kapraljević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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