Captijn Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Captijn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Captijn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1431:118,09218,619
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Captijn Last Name Facts

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

Captijn is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Captijn? popularity and diffusion

The surname Captijn is the 1,453,389th most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Captijn reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 118,092. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 66 percent reside, Flevoland, where 11 percent reside and South Holland, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Captijan931/
Capteijn931/
Captin92182/
Captain869,771/
Kaptijn86331/
Captein86318/
Captien8624/
Captine8612/
Captina862/
Chaptin862/
Capting861/
Captn832/
Kapteijn80544/
Captaine8013/
Captaing801/
Captaian801/
Chaptina801/
Capten77234/
Kaptin7766/
Zaptin7731/
Coptin7722/
Captyn7712/
Saptin774/
Cabtin772/
Captaigne751/
Kaptein714,155/
Kaptain711,162/
Kaptuin7179/
Kaptina7162/
Capteyn7120/
Kaptajn7120/
Kaptine7112/
Coptina717/
Saptien717/
Kaptien715/
Coptain714/
Kaptejn712/
Cabtain711/
Captaim711/
Captuen711/
Qaptain711/
Kaptoin711/
Kaptink711/
Sabptin711/
Capteim711/
Chapten710/
Kaptn67122/
Kapteine6792/
Kaptaine6717/
Kaptygin6716/
Kaptuyin673/
Chabtina673/
Kaptigen672/
Kaptegin671/
Kasptein671/
Giaptien671/
Choption671/
Kaiptain671/
Kaptoyin671/
Choptina671/

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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 Captijn
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