Kapitein Surname

497,847th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 662 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kapitein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapitein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6461:26,1414,255
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397

Kapitein (18) may also be a first name.

Kapitein Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapitein is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapitein? popularity and diffusion

Kapitein is the 497,847th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kapitein live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kapitein is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 646 people, or 1 in 26,141. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Brabant, where 29 percent reside, North Holland, where 27 percent reside and Flevoland, where 27 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapiteijn94161/
Kapitene88987/
Kapitain8887/
Capitein8875/
Kapiteyn8870/
Kapitaen884/
Kappetein82175/
Kapitaine82102/
Kapeteijn821/
Kapitan806,936/
Kapitán80278/
Kappestein7847/
Kappeteijn781/
Capitain75549/
Capiteyn7537/
Capitene7523/
Kapitane7519/
Capitine7518/
Kapitaan758/
Kapitant757/
Capitijn756/
Kaputhin753/
Kapithan752/
Kkapitan751/
Kapetene751/
Capytein751/
Khapitan751/
Kaupaitienė747/
Capitaine715,644/
Kaphuthin71457/
Kappithan714/
Kopestein713/
Capitan678,676/
Kapitanova673,141/
Kapytan671,691/
Kapetan67499/
Kapitánová67274/
Capitán6788/
Kepitan6738/
Kapoustine6730/
Kopitan6713/
Kapitanová679/
Capitàn673/
Capitainne671/
Kapitań671/
Kaputan671/

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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 Kapitein
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