Caperan Surname

609,992nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 507 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Caperan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caperan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4161:159,67024,815
Spain451:1,038,93438,115
Chile241:734,02016,565
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
England21:27,859,030389,889
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Capéran (20) & Caperán (2) are calculated separately.

Caperan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Caperan is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Capéran or Caperán. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Caperan? popularity and diffusion

Caperan is the 609,992nd most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,373,858 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Caperan reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Caperan is most widely held in France, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 159,670. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Occitanie, where 51 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 15 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 12 percent are found. Apart from France Caperan occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 9 percent are found and Chile, where 5 percent are found.

Caperan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Caperan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Caperan surname grew 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Caperan
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