Capleton Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Capleton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capleton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica1411:20,3541,773
United States1331:2,725,255163,031
England661:844,21344,691
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Wales51:618,90625,852
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Capleton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Capleton is carried by more people in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Capleton click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Capleton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 783,439th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Capleton reside; 39 percent reside in Caribbean and 39 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Jamaica, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 20,354. In Jamaica Capleton is most numerous in: Surrey County, where 67 percent are found, Middlesex County, where 32 percent are found and Cornwall County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Jamaica it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent are found and England, where 18 percent are found.

Capleton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Capleton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Capleton last name increased 1,330 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 220 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Capleton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Capleton surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Capleton earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 17.65% less than the national average, earning $35,534 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.8% less than the national average, earning $44,816 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Capleton
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