Capitanu Surname
Approximately 849 people bear this surname
Capitanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 824 | 1:24,366 | 3,097 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Căpitanu (235) are calculated separately.
Capitanu Demographics
Average Capitanu Salary in
United States
$54,083 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Capitanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capitanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Capitanu is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Căpitanu. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Capitanu? popularity and diffusion
Capitanu is the 411,077th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,583,682 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Capitanu live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name Capitanu is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 824 people, or 1 in 24,366. In Romania Capitanu is most numerous in: Galați County, where 19 percent are found, Giurgiu County, where 13 percent are found and Neamț County, where 11 percent are found. Besides Romania this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Capitanu Last Name Statistics demography
Capitanu earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.34% more than the national average, earning $54,083 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
- 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 Capitanu
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