Capitu Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Capitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Capitú (1) are calculated separately.
Capitu (21) may also be a first name.
Capitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Capitu is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Capitú. Click here for other potential spellings of Capitu.
How Common Is The Last Name Capitu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Capitu are found; 90 percent are found in South America and 83 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 21 people.
It is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 8,562,973. In Brazil Capitu is most numerous in: Sergipe, where 68 percent reside, São Paulo, where 20 percent reside and Paraná, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 7 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitú | 94 | 1 | / |
| Capitus | 92 | 10 | / |
| Capitou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Capiotou | 86 | 2 | / |
| Capitaux | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sapitu | 83 | 324 | / |
| Kapitu | 83 | 57 | / |
| Japitu | 83 | 12 | / |
| Capitó | 83 | 4 | / |
| Caputu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Capitão | 77 | 12,914 | / |
| Kapitau | 77 | 127 | / |
| Saipitu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Kaepitu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Capitoe | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kapithui | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kapiotou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kappitau | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kapeitui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaputu | 67 | 2,774 | / |
| Sapetu | 67 | 185 | / |
| Kapetu | 67 | 106 | / |
| Kopitu | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kaputhu | 62 | 58 | / |
| Koipitu | 62 | 31 | / |
| Kapetou | 62 | 8 | / |
| Sapettu | 62 | 5 | / |
| Kapetau | 62 | 4 | / |
| Kaphetu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Kapytus | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kapeatu | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kaphutu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kaputtu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kopitou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Khaputu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kappetu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Capetoe | 62 | 0 | / |
| Sappetau | 57 | 34 | / |
| Japhethu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Keputu | 50 | 28 | / |
| Kepetu | 50 | 10 | / |
| Sopetu | 50 | 2 | / |
| Koputu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kopetu | 50 | 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 Capitu
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