Catapan Surname

276,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Catapan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Catapan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines9611:105,34718,328
Brazil4231:506,08619,053
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
France11:66,422,722504,397
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Catapan Last Name Facts

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

Catapan is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Catapan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Catapan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 276,726th most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 5,201,674 people. Catapan is predominantly found in Asia, where 69 percent of Catapan are found; 69 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 68 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 961 people, or 1 in 105,347. In The Philippines it is most common in: Central Visayas, where 34 percent reside, Western Visayas, where 21 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 12 percent reside. Beside The Philippines this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 30 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Catapan
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