Kapetan Surname

617,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kapetan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapetan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina1701:20,8023,614
United States1391:2,607,618157,688
Croatia541:78,30713,553
Greece291:382,06251,720
Serbia291:246,37813,728
Iran211:3,656,311102,225
Slovenia201:124,38412,684
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kapetan (65) may also be a first name.

Kapetan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapetan (Arabic: كابيتين, Oriya: କେପତନ) is most common in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kapetan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapetan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 617,057th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. Kapetan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Kapetan reside; 61 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 55 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequent first name on earth, held by 65 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 20,802. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is primarily concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Bosnia and Herzegovina Kapetan occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Croatia, where 11 percent reside.

Kapetan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kapetan surname are 23.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.37% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kapetan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 10.78% less than the national average, earning 308,772 kr per year and in United States they earn 20.51% less than the national average, earning $34,301 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kapetan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kapetan in the Oriya language
କେପତନkepatana-
Kapetan in the Arabic language
كابيتينkabytyn-

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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 Kapetan
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