Capwell Surname

387,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 915 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Capwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Capwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8491:426,92536,911
Israel291:295,09125,768
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England41:13,929,515290,718
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France21:33,211,361423,184
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3961:126,81512,228

Capwell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Capwell occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Capwell? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 387,740th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 7,964,531 people. The last name Capwell is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Capwell are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Capwell is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 849 people, or 1 in 426,925. In The United States it is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 21 percent reside, New York, where 10 percent reside and Rhode Island, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 3 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Capwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Capwell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Capwell last name expanded 214 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Capwell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Capwell surname are 4.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.41% being registered with the party.

Capwell earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.68% more than the national average, earning $43,443 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chapwell936/
Cappwell932/
Capwel920/
Chappwell880/
Capwill8655/
Kapwell8613/
Cabwell862/
Campwel861/
Copwell860/
Capuell860/
Chopwell801/
Coppwell800/
Coopwell800/
Chapuel711,124/
Cabbell71406/
Kapwele71152/
Cobwell7136/
Cabuell711/
Copwill711/
Keepwell6717/
Chabbell672/
Kapweele671/

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Capwell Reference & Research

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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 Capwell
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