In Croatia, Zapletal families are Croats (from Pozega area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Slavonski Brod.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Zapletal live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Potocani in Pozega area (10), Pozega (<5), Bukovlje in Slavonski Brod area (<5), Antunovac in Pozega area (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Zapletal is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Zapletal " is used by some 4000 people in Czech Republic , about 300 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.