Kapdan Surname

277,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,395 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kapdan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapdan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,3821:56,3115,478
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kapdan (12) may also be a first name.

Kapdan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapdan occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapdan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 277,637th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,224,047 people. The last name Kapdan is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Kapdan live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 84 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Kapdan is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 12 people.

It is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 1,382 people, or 1 in 56,311. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent are found, Kayseri Province, where 10 percent are found and Cankiri Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Turkey it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found and Georgia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapdane922,447/
Kabdan83181/
Capdan831/
Kapdon831/
Kopdang7717/
Kabdain771/
Khabdan771/
Cavdan6728/
Kovdan675/
Kabdanova673/
Kebdan671/
Kabdam671/
Cabdan671/
Campdon622/
Kaypdom621/
Kapdoum621/
Koopdonk5712/
Kabdoune571/
Kobdanova536/
Kebdon500/

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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 Kapdan
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