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 found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Căpitanu. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Capitanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Capitanu is the 411,077th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,583,682 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Capitanu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 824 people, or 1 in 24,366. In Romania Capitanu is most common in: Galați County, where 19 percent live, Giurgiu County, where 13 percent live and Neamț County, where 11 percent live. Beside Romania this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
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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