Capitant Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belize

Capitant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capitant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1251:531,38273,029
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Capitant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Capitant is found most frequently in France. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Capitant? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,537,949th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Capitant live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 531,382. In France Capitant is primarily found in: Île-de-France, where 76 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 14 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 6 percent live. Besides France this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Capitan938,676/
Capisttant891/
Capitain88549/
Capitane8833/
Capistan8816/
Kapitant887/
Capaitan881/
Capitaine825,644/
Capistane8213/
Kapitan806,936/
Copitan80249/
Capitán8088/
Capetan8058/
Capiton8039/
Căpitan8030/
Capitàn803/
Capitam801/
Capitanova784/
Capitainne781/
Capistanhe781/
Capestan75130/
Kapitain7587/
Capitein7575/
Capiteyn7537/
Capitone7536/
Kapitane7519/
Kapitaan758/
Kapithan752/
Capiston751/
Capitong751/
Khapitan751/
Capetain751/
Capeetan751/
Kkapitan751/
Kapitaine71102/
Kappithan714/
Capitão6712,914/
Kapitanova673,141/
Kapytan671,691/
Kapetan67499/
Kapitán67278/
Kapiton6788/
Căpătan6775/
Kopitan6713/
Kapitanová679/
Capitonova678/
Capeton673/
Kapitań671/

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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 Capitant
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