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 occurs most in Egypt. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Captian? popularity and diffusion

Captian is the 1,038,570th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname Captian occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Captian reside; 50 percent reside in North Africa and 50 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 242,643rd most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 1,083 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Outside of Egypt this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common 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 bearing the Captian last name expanded 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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