Surname Čapek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čapek families are almost entirely Croats (from Pakrac ), very rarely Czechs (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Koprivnica. In Brežani in Krizevci area every third inhabitant had the family name Čapek.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Čapek live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Krizevci (20), Badljevina (<10), Daruvar (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čapek (including: Capek , Chapek , Chrapek , Czapek , Tschapek , Csapek , Chlapek , Chapeck , Cappek and Czappek ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Capek " is used by some 2000 people in Czech Republic , about 700 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Chapek " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 100 in Papua New Guinea , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Chapeck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirela Čapek, Zdravko Čapek, Branko Čapek, Željko Čapek, Katarina Čapek, Ivan Čapek, Roberto Čapek, Mario Čapek, Mirna Čapek, Ivica Čapek, Velimir Čapek, Stanislav Čapek, Josef Čapek, Karel Čapek, Ljubica Čapek, Jan Čapek, Đurđica Čapek, Antun Čapek, Božica Čapek

Mentions in sources

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

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