Capetan Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Capetan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capetan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania311:647,67345,663
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Capetan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Capetan is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Capetan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Capetan is the 2,530,696th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Capetan are found; 53 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 53 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 647,673. In Romania Capetan is primarily concentrated in: Timiș County, where 100 percent live. Excluding Romania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and The Philippines, where 17 percent live.

Capetan Last Name Statistics demography

Capetan earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.58% less than the national average, earning $32,542 USD per year.

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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 Capetan
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