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
The surname Capens is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Capens? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Capens reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 255,481. In Belgium Capens is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Belgium Capens occurs 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 carrying the Capens last name contracted 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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