Surname Kapular in modern Croatia

Kapular families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Maglaj area) and in Herzegovina (Capljina area). In Adže in Middle Bosnia every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kapular.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kapular live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Metkovic (10), Osijek (10), Sesvete (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kapular is present in 7 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Željko Kapular, Mara Kapular, Pero Kapular, Nenad Kapular, Ilija Kapular, Igor Kapular, Ivica Kapular, Nada Kapular, Matilda Kapular, Ružica Kapular, Vjenceslav Kapular, Vladimir Kapular, Ardvejka Kapular, Jerkica Kapular, Nikolina Kapular, Martina Kapular, Ljuban Kapular, Josip Kapular, Snežana Kapular

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories