Capelja Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Capelja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capelja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Serbia51:1,428,99029,746
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Čapelja (388) are calculated separately.

Capelja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Capelja is found most frequently in Australia. It may appear as: Čapelja. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Capelja? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Capelja reside; 74 percent reside in Australasia and 74 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Capelja is most widely held in Australia, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,349,785. In Australia Capelja is most numerous in: Victoria, where 100 percent reside. Beside Australia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 19 percent reside and Slovakia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Čapelja95388/
Caplja928/
Capalija8027/
Kaplja77117/
Ţapelea7153/
Sapelza7113/
Copelea7110/
Capelco712/
Capelie711/
Sapelsa711/
Capelier67241/
Sappelsa6734/
Capeliez6710/
Chapelie679/
Kaipelea679/
Kapelsia674/
Cappelie674/
Capaliha671/
Cappelié671/

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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 Capelja
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