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 surname Capitania is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Capitanía. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Capitania? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,067,497th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Capitania reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 462,275. In The Philippines Capitania is most numerous in: Western Visayas, where 40 percent live, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 24 percent live and National Capital Region, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live and Mexico, where 1 percent live.
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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