Kapetanić Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Kapetanić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapetanić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1101:38,4427,735
Bosnia and Herzegovina121:294,70012,460
Serbia111:649,54122,440

The alternate forms: Kapetanic (30) are calculated separately.

Kapetanić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapetanić occurs more in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Kapetanic. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapetanić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,551,568th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kapetanić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Kapetanić is most common in Croatia, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 38,442. In Croatia it is most numerous in: Brod-Posavina County, where 29 percent live, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 26 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 18 percent live. Other than Croatia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 9 percent live and Serbia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapetanic9630/
Kapitanić8959/
Kapetanich8414/
Kapitanic781/
Kapitaniec7442/
Kapitanich7410/
Capetanich744/
Kapitanec6721/
Kapytanets63335/
Capitanich63170/
Kapitanets63112/
Capitaniche601/
Kapytonets5366/
Kapitonets5350/
Kapitonych535/
Kapytenets532/

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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 Kapetanić
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