Capanayan Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Capanayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capanayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines2661:380,59549,701
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Capanayan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Capanayan occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Capanayan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 966,131st most frequently used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Capanayan live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 266 people, or 1 in 380,595. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Calabarzon, where 96 percent live, Central Luzon, where 3 percent live and National Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of The Philippines it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

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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 Capanayan
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