Surname Čarapić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čarapić families are generally Croats (from Zupanja area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Split. In Dubac in Podrinje (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Čarapić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Čarapić live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Gunja in Zupanja area (25), Zagreb (<10), Kastel Gomilica (<10), Mirkovci (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čarapić (including: Charapich , Carapic ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Charapich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Čarapić, Dalibor Čarapić, Helena Čarapić, Nedjeljko Čarapić, Branko Čarapić, Nikola Čarapić, Sonja Čarapić, Anica Čarapić, Nikica Čarapić, Marko Čarapić, Pero Čarapić, Ljubivoje Čarapić, Milenko Čarapić, Manuela Čarapić, Darko Čarapić, Antun Čarapić, Jasna Čarapić, Andrija Čarapić, Valentina Čarapić

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.

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