Captian Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Captian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Captian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Nigeria881:2,012,98670,656
United States211:17,259,949572,238
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Captian (1,083) may also be a first name.

Captian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Captian has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Captian? popularity and diffusion

The last name Captian is the 1,038,570th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name Captian is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Captian live; 50 percent live in North Africa and 50 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 242,643rd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 1,083 people.

The last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Other than Egypt it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Captian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Captian has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Captian last name rose 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Captian Last Name Statistics demography

Captian earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Captiant931/
Captijan931/
Chapthian88210/
Kaptian8612/
Coptian861/
Choptian80120/
Koptian7115/
Kaptjan711/
Choption671/
Kabtyan574/
Keption572/
Khoptyan5350/

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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 Captian
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