Capanema Surname

354,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,026 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Capanema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capanema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1,0171:210,4968,114
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Cápanema (1) are calculated separately.

Capanema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Capanema occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Cápanema. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Capanema? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 354,583rd most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,102,871 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Capanema reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,017 people, or 1 in 210,496. In Brazil it is most common in: Minas Gerais, where 53 percent live, São Paulo, where 14 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 10 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Chile, 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 Capanema
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