Kapins Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Kapins Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 31 | 1:66,131 | 9,862 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kāpiņš (1) are calculated separately.
Kapins Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapins Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kapins occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Kāpiņš. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapins? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,323,005th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Kapins is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Kapins live; 89 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 66,131. In Latvia Kapins is most frequent in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 55 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 39 percent reside and Semigallia, where 6 percent reside. Barring Latvia Kapins occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Kapins
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