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 surname Capwell is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Capwell? popularity and diffusion

Capwell is the 387,740th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,964,531 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Capwell live; 82 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 849 people, or 1 in 426,925. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 21 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and Rhode Island, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States Capwell occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Capwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Capwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Capwell surname increased 214 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Capwell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Capwell surname are 4.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.41% 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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis