Kapitsyn Surname

973,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Kapitsyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapitsyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2551:565,18850,622
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Kapitsyn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kapitsyn (Russian: Капицын) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapitsyn? popularity and diffusion

It is the 973,426th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Kapitsyn live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Russia, where it is carried by 255 people, or 1 in 565,188. In Russia Kapitsyn is primarily found in: Volgograd Oblast, where 44 percent are found, Rostov Oblast, where 9 percent are found and Krasnodar Krai, where 7 percent are found. Other than Russia it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 3 percent are found and Armenia, where 0 percent are found.

Kapitsyn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kapitsyn last name is principally Orthodox (77%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Kapitsyn last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapitsyna94209/
Kapitsin8892/
Kopitsyn8832/
Kapytsyn8830/
Kapetsyn882/
Kapitsen882/
Kapytsyna8230/
Kopitsyna8219/
Kapisin802/
Kapisen801/
Kopytsyn7561/
Kapyshyn7538/
Kapishin7530/
Kopitsin7513/
Kaputsin7512/
Kapishen758/
Kopitsen751/
Kopytsyna7155/
Kapishina7130/
Kapyttsin7128/
Kopyttsyn718/
Kapyshyna715/
Capisen6793/
Capisin6763/
Kapezin6727/
Kopyttsyna675/
Kapezyn671/
Kapuzin671/
Kapicin671/

Kapitsyn Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kapitsyn in the Russian language
Капицынkapicyn-

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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 Kapitsyn
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