Capshaw Surname

272,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Capshaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capshaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4231:254,71524,153
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1651:304,35624,088

Capshaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Capshaw is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Capshaw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 272,373rd most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,099,752 people. The last name Capshaw is mostly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Capshaw are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 76 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Capshaw is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,423 people, or 1 in 254,715. In The United States Capshaw is mostly found in: California, where 7 percent are found, Nevada, where 7 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Capshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Capshaw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Capshaw surname grew 862 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Capshaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Capshaw last name are 18.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.19% registered to vote for the party.

Capshaw earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.74% more than the national average, earning $46,056 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chapshaw931/
Capeshaw931/
Capshew8676/
Copshaw862/
Capshow860/
Cupshaw860/
Coopshaw8071/
Chappsaw800/
Kopshaw713/
Capsaff711/
Kapsawe711/
Kapshova672/
Cobbishaw630/
Kappuschew591/

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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 Capshaw
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