Capra Surname
Approximately 20,835 people bear this surname
Capra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 10,501 | 1:5,824 | 719 |
| United States | 2,952 | 1:122,784 | 13,086 |
| Romania | 1,815 | 1:11,062 | 1,435 |
| Argentina | 1,684 | 1:25,382 | 2,141 |
| Brazil | 1,594 | 1:134,300 | 5,123 |
| France | 833 | 1:79,739 | 11,254 |
| Peru | 254 | 1:125,134 | 7,226 |
| Israel | 143 | 1:59,844 | 7,631 |
| Spain | 141 | 1:331,575 | 19,344 |
| Canada | 135 | 1:272,930 | 25,634 |
| Australia | 130 | 1:207,659 | 20,175 |
| Switzerland | 116 | 1:70,801 | 8,449 |
| Moldova | 84 | 1:42,397 | 6,377 |
| Uruguay | 71 | 1:48,335 | 5,418 |
| Costa Rica | 59 | 1:81,018 | 1,498 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Chile | 46 | 1:382,967 | 10,457 |
| Venezuela | 45 | 1:671,202 | 11,567 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Capră (324), Çapra (8) & Čapra (4) are calculated separately.
Capra (376) may also be a first name.
Capra Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian) Dweller at a sign of the goat.
User-submitted Reference
Capra translates to 'goat', more specifically 'nanny goat'. It originated in the Piedmont region of Italy in 1100 in an area with many distinguished nobles. The name either referred to characteristics held by the first person to take the surname or to his area of specialty/market.
- hcapraThis is an Italian surname, denoting someone who represented, or took care of goats. It is derived from the Italian word capra, meaning 'goat'.
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Capra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Capra (Arabic: كابرا, Oriya: କାପରା) occurs most in Italy. It may occur as: Capră, Çapra or Čapra. Click here for other potential spellings of Capra.
How Common Is The Last Name Capra? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 25,837th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 349,774 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Capra reside; 51 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 51 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 447,400th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 376 people.
The surname Capra is most frequent in Italy, where it is carried by 10,501 people, or 1 in 5,824. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Lombardy, where 35 percent reside, Piedmont, where 35 percent reside and Emilia-Romagna, where 12 percent reside. Not including Italy this last name occurs in 62 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Romania, where 9 percent reside.
Capra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Capra has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Capra last name expanded 147,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Capra Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Capra last name are 0.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.07% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Capra earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 8.77% less than the national average, earning €27,396 per year; in Peru they earn 27.63% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,029 per year; in South Africa they earn 22.47% more than the national average, earning R 291,024 per year; in United States they earn 15.58% more than the national average, earning $49,871 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.9% more than the national average, earning $52,613 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Capra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capra in the Oriya language | ||
| କାପରା | kapara | - |
| Capra in the Arabic language | ||
| كابرا | kabra | - |
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