Capela Surname
Approximately 15,735 people bear this surname
Capela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 6,180 | 1:4,411 | 1,010 |
| Portugal | 3,850 | 1:2,706 | 362 |
| Angola | 2,563 | 1:10,530 | 1,295 |
| Brazil | 1,477 | 1:144,939 | 5,543 |
| France | 585 | 1:113,543 | 17,037 |
| United States | 365 | 1:993,038 | 73,486 |
| Colombia | 203 | 1:235,340 | 5,274 |
| Philippines | 184 | 1:550,208 | 62,110 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 82 | 1:2,164 | 252 |
| Spain | 67 | 1:697,792 | 30,551 |
| Canada | 59 | 1:624,502 | 51,218 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Capelã (1) are calculated separately.
Capela (66) may also be a first name.
Capela Demographics
Average Capela Salary in
United States
$54,351 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Capela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Capela is found most in Mozambique. It can be rendered as: Capelã. For other possible spellings of Capela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Capela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 33,730th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 463,142 people. The surname Capela occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Capela reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 56 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. Capela is also the 1,201,840th most common first name in the world It is held by 66 people.
Capela is most frequently occurring in Mozambique, where it is held by 6,180 people, or 1 in 4,411. Beside Mozambique this surname is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 24 percent reside and Angola, where 16 percent reside.
Capela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Capela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Capela surname expanded 7,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Capela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Capela surname are 7.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.92% being registered with the party.
The amount Capela earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 4.2% less than the national average, earning R 227,652 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.58% less than the national average, earning $17,575,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 25.96% more than the national average, earning $54,351 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.06% less than the national average, earning $48,163 CAD per year.
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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
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