Surname Ščapec in modern Croatia

Ščapec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Ščapec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Delkovec in Zlatar area (20), Zagreb (15), Zlatar (10), Varazdin (<10), and in Djurmanec in Krapina area (<10).

Outside Croatia

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

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Ščapec, Josip Ščapec, Stjepan Ščapec, Željka Ščapec, Ivan Ščapec, Roberto Ščapec, Đurđa Ščapec, Vlado Ščapec, Ankica Ščapec, Vladimir Ščapec, Davor Ščapec, Snježana Ščapec, Ivana Ščapec, Roko Ščapec, Biserka Ščapec, Mirjana Ščapec, Anđelko Ščapec, Milica Ščapec, Mario Ščapec

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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