Capitao Surname
Approximately 9,279 people bear this surname
Capitao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 8,282 | 1:3,259 | 503 |
| Portugal | 349 | 1:29,852 | 1,897 |
| Brazil | 218 | 1:981,992 | 34,879 |
| France | 156 | 1:425,787 | 61,887 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| South Africa | 35 | 1:1,547,934 | 78,799 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Capitão (12,914) & Capitåo (1) are calculated separately.
Capitao (41) may also be a first name.
Capitao Demographics
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Capitao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capitao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Capitao is found in Angola more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Capitão or Capitåo. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Capitao? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 54,835th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 785,381 people. The surname Capitao occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Capitao are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Capitao is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 41 people.
The surname Capitao is most widespread in Angola, where it is carried by 8,282 people, or 1 in 3,259. Besides Angola this last name exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 4 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Capitao Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Capitao are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Capitao earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 7.85% more than the national average, earning R 256,296 per year; in United States they earn 18.44% less than the national average, earning $35,191 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.32% more than the national average, earning $58,784 CAD 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
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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
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