Kapatan Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Australia

Kapatan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapatan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan231:7,767,12541,967
India141:54,790,384527,769
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Kapatan (1,890) may also be a first name.

Kapatan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapatan (Hindi: कपतान, Marathi: कपटन, Oriya: କପତାନ) occurs most in Pakistan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapatan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,876,555th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Kapatan reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Kapatan is also the 174,879th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 1,890 people.

The surname Kapatan is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,767,125. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 100 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent live and Australia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kapatan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kapatan in the Marathi language
कपटनkapatana-
Kapatan in the Hindi language
कपतानkapatana96.88
कप्तानkaptana1.95
कपटनkapatana0.78
कपटानkapatana0.39
Kapatan in the Oriya language
କପତାନkapatana50
କପତନkapatana37.5
କାପତାନkapatana12.5

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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 Kapatan
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