Capens Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Capens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 45 | 1:255,481 | 31,256 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Capens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Capens is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Capens? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,689,253rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Capens live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Capens is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 255,481. In Belgium Capens is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Belgium this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
Capens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Capens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Capens surname fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scapens | 92 | 95 | / |
| Cappens | 92 | 10 | / |
| Chapens | 92 | 2 | / |
| Capiens | 92 | 0 | / |
| Caapense | 86 | 1 | / |
| Copens | 83 | 25 | / |
| Capins | 83 | 5 | / |
| Japens | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chapns | 83 | 0 | / |
| Coppens | 77 | 16,132 | / |
| Sapiens | 77 | 522 | / |
| Coupens | 77 | 110 | / |
| Chapins | 77 | 66 | / |
| Jappens | 77 | 27 | / |
| Zapiens | 77 | 17 | / |
| Kaupens | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kapense | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jaspens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Coopens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Scapins | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sappens | 77 | 0 | / |
| Chopens | 77 | 0 | / |
| Cappins | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kaspens | 77 | 0 | / |
| Caspins | 77 | 0 | / |
| Copns | 73 | 0 | / |
| Chappins | 71 | 45 | / |
| Coppiens | 71 | 20 | / |
| Copppens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zapiensz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cappinns | 71 | 0 | / |
| Japins | 67 | 153 | / |
| Kapins | 67 | 35 | / |
| Sapins | 67 | 4 | / |
| Copins | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kopens | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kapenz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kepens | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Capens
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