Capilayan Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Capilayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capilayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1551:653,15068,425
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Capilayan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Capilayan occurs most in The Philippines. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Capilayan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,364,059th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname Capilayan is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Capilayan live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 653,150. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 63 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 13 percent reside and Soccsksargen, where 11 percent reside. Barring The Philippines Capilayan exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Capiloyan89107/
Capiluyan8914/
Kapileyan781/
Capilijan781/
Capelain7119/
Capulean7110/
Chapelain672,264/
Chapelaine635/
Chappelean631/
Chappelain630/
Chappelaine603/
Copelain591/
Chopelain5613/
Copeleand561/

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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 Capilayan
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