Kapiten Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

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

Kapiten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapiten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2121:348,48930,654
Bosnia and Herzegovina171:208,02411,299
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Kapiten (114) may also be a first name.

Kapiten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapiten (Russian: Капитен) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapiten? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 990,978th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. Kapiten occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Kapiten are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 877,214th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 114 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 348,489. Barring The DR Congo this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 7 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapitaen934/
Kapitän8655/
Capiten8652/
Kapitin8647/
Kaputen8612/
Kapitina806/
Kapysten801/
Kaupaitienė787/
Capitn7717/
Capichten752/
Capitenne751/
Kapitnova751/
Capitin71625/
Kaputin71231/
Kapytin71112/
Kaputyn7116/
Kapytyn7114/
Kopitin7113/
Kepeten7111/
Caputen7110/
Kopyten714/
Capitän712/
Capityn712/
Kapetyn711/
Kapetina67344/
Capitina67106/
Kapytina6788/
Kapystin6727/
Kapytyna6720/
Kapetijn6718/
Kopitina6712/
Capitijn676/
Kaputhin673/
Kapystyn671/
Kapestin671/
Capiting671/
Khaputin671/

Kapiten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kapiten in the Russian language
Капитенkapiten-

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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 Kapiten
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