Captar Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Captar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 139 | 1:144,445 | 15,417 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
The alternate forms: Căptar (2) are calculated separately.
Captar (31) may also be a first name.
Captar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Captar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Captar is found in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Căptar. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Captar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Captar is the 1,459,453rd most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Captar live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe. Captar is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 31 people.
Captar is most commonly held in Romania, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 144,445. In Romania Captar is most common in: Vaslui County, where 99 percent are found and Botoșani County, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Romania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Căptar | 94 | 2 | / |
| Chaptar | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kaptar | 83 | 344 | / |
| Saptar | 83 | 99 | / |
| Captor | 83 | 42 | / |
| Sapttar | 77 | 7 | / |
| Japtare | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kaptare | 77 | 1 | / |
| Djaptar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Capteir | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chabhtar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soptar | 67 | 60 | / |
| Sabtar | 67 | 50 | / |
| Kaptor | 67 | 40 | / |
| Kaptór | 67 | 32 | / |
| Koptar | 67 | 24 | / |
| Kaptarova | 67 | 6 | / |
| Joptar | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kabtar | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zabtar | 67 | 3 | / |
| Coptor | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kaptairova | 63 | 1 | / |
| Khoptar | 62 | 111 | / |
| Japtour | 62 | 6 | / |
| Chavtor | 62 | 6 | / |
| Zabthar | 62 | 1 | / |
| Tsavtar | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kaptour | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kepthar | 62 | 0 | / |
| Copthour | 57 | 0 | / |
| Kovtar | 50 | 7 | / |
| Kopťar | 50 | 5 | / |
| Kobtar | 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 Captar
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