Capanu Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Capanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 327 | 1:61,400 | 7,411 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Capanu (16) may also be a first name.
Capanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Capanu is found most frequently in Romania. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Capanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 823,466th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Capanu live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 16 people.
This last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 61,400. In Romania it is primarily found in: Argeș County, where 21 percent live, Sibiu County, where 20 percent live and Dâmbovița County, where 18 percent live. Beside Romania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catpanu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Chapanu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Chapangu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kapanu | 83 | 265 | / |
| Sapanu | 83 | 20 | / |
| Japanu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Tchapanou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kapangu | 77 | 1,338 | / |
| Kapanui | 77 | 42 | / |
| Copanut | 77 | 19 | / |
| Katpanu | 77 | 14 | / |
| Sapaneu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sapanau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sapanui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sapeanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jatpanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sahpanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sappanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jaipanus | 71 | 11 | / |
| Jaipanut | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kaipanou | 71 | 6 | / |
| Japhanus | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tsapanou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kapanusz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zaphanus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saphainu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saiphanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kapenu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Saponu | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kepanu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kapanusch | 67 | 6 | / |
| Cheapongu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaponu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sopanu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Capanu
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