Erkaptan Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Erkaptan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 79 | 1:985,081 | 44,945 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Erkaptan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erkaptan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Erkaptan is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Erkaptan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,091,648th most common family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Erkaptan live; 72 percent live in West Asia and 72 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most widely held in Turkey, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 985,081. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Burdur Province, where 32 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 29 percent reside and Antalya Province, where 24 percent reside. Not including Turkey Erkaptan occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erkaptane | 94 | 1 | / |
| Erkapdan | 88 | 21 | / |
| Oruckaptan | 78 | 13 | / |
| Oruçkaptan | 78 | 2 | / |
| Erakpatana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Irekpitan | 71 | 14 | / |
| Yare-Kaptein | 60 | 1 | / |
| Oreč-Petani | 53 | 1 | / |
| Yorokobitani | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Erkaptan
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