Capajaña Surname

612,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 504 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Capajaña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capajaña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru3531:90,0406,005
Bolivia1511:70,3083,291

The alternate forms: Capajana (8) are calculated separately.

Capajaña Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Capajaña Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Capajaña occurs in Peru more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Capajana. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Capajaña? popularity and diffusion

The surname Capajaña is the 612,595th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 14,459,416 people. Capajaña is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Capajaña live; 100 percent live in South America and 100 percent live in Andean South America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Peru, where it is borne by 353 people, or 1 in 90,040. In Peru Capajaña is mostly concentrated in: Puno Region, where 86 percent live, Arequipa Region, where 8 percent live and Lima Province, where 5 percent live. Beside Peru this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Bolivia, where 30 percent live.

Capajaña Last Name Statistics demography

Capajaña earn notably less less than the average income. In Peru they earn 21.11% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,293 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Capajana968/
Capajaño881/
Capajeña881/
Capajiña881/
Capazana7510/
Capajena758/
Capayana751/
Capajani751/
Capajina751/
Kapajana751/
Chapujana711/
Capaina675/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Capajaña
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