Capitania Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Capitania Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 219 | 1:462,275 | 56,092 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Capitanía (1) are calculated separately.
Capitania Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capitania Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Capitania occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Capitanía. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Capitania? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,067,497th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Capitania are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 94 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Capitania is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 462,275. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 40 percent reside, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 24 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of The Philippines this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and Mexico, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitanía | 96 | 1 | / |
| Capistania | 95 | 6 | / |
| Capitanio | 89 | 6,543 | / |
| Capitanea | 89 | 119 | / |
| Capetania | 89 | 10 | / |
| Capitenia | 89 | 1 | / |
| Capistanio | 84 | 32 | / |
| Capitaña | 82 | 29 | / |
| Capitaneo | 78 | 322 | / |
| Capitenio | 78 | 5 | / |
| Kapetania | 78 | 4 | / |
| Capitonio | 78 | 2 | / |
| Capitânio | 78 | 2 | / |
| Capetanea | 78 | 1 | / |
| Kapetanias | 74 | 50 | / |
| Capistaneo | 74 | 10 | / |
| Capetanios | 74 | 2 | / |
| Kapetanjia | 74 | 1 | / |
| Kappithanio | 70 | 1 | / |
| Kapetanea | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kapetanioy | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kapetonios | 53 | 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
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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 Capitania
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