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 occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Capéran or Caperán. Click here for further possible spellings of Caperan.

How Common Is The Last Name Caperan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 609,992nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,373,858 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Caperan are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 159,670. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Occitanie, where 51 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 15 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 12 percent live. Not including France this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 9 percent live and Chile, where 5 percent live.

Caperan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Caperan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 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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