View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Kapitan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Kapitan (Georgian: კაპიტან, Hindi: कपितान, Marathi: कपीतान, Oriya: କପିତନ) occurs most in Indonesia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kapitán or Kapitań. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapitan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Kapitan is the 71,213^th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,050,684 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Kapitan live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 194,673^rd most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 1,579 people.

The last name Kapitan is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 3,675 people, or 1 in 35,986. In Indonesia Kapitan is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 70 percent are found, Maluku, where 14 percent are found and West Java, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia it exists in 49 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 12 percent are found and Poland, where 10 percent are found.

Kapitan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Kapitan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kapitan last name increased 6,475 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kapitan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kapitan last name is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kapitan last name are 5.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.44% being registered with the party.

The amount Kapitan earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 15.14% less than the national average, earning R 201,660 per year; in United States they earn 8.19% more than the national average, earning $46,681 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.3% more than the national average, earning $60,266 CAD per year.