Kapitán Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Kapitán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 211 | 1:50,396 | 8,450 |
| Slovakia | 58 | 1:92,008 | 17,690 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
The alternate forms: Kapitan (6,936) & Kapitań (1) are calculated separately.
Kapitán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapitán Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kapitán is found in Czechia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Kapitan or Kapitań. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapitán? popularity and diffusion
It is the 942,947th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The last name Kapitán occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kapitán are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Kapitán is most frequently occurring in Czechia, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 50,396. In Czechia Kapitán is most numerous in: Central Bohemian Region, where 24 percent live, Prague, where 19 percent live and Plzeň Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Czechia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 21 percent live and Hungary, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapitan | 95 | 6,936 | / |
| Kapitań | 90 | 1 | / |
| Capitán | 86 | 88 | / |
| Kapiton | 86 | 88 | / |
| Kapitánová | 82 | 274 | / |
| Kapitein | 80 | 662 | / |
| Kapitain | 80 | 87 | / |
| Kapiteyn | 80 | 70 | / |
| Kapitane | 80 | 19 | / |
| Kapitaan | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kapitant | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kapithan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kapaiton | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kkapitan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khapitan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kapiteijn | 75 | 161 | / |
| Kapitaine | 75 | 102 | / |
| Kappithan | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kapitonova | 71 | 8,810 | / |
| Capitan | 71 | 8,676 | / |
| Kapitanova | 71 | 3,141 | / |
| Kapytan | 71 | 1,691 | / |
| Kapetan | 71 | 499 | / |
| Kapyton | 71 | 188 | / |
| Capiton | 71 | 39 | / |
| Kopiton | 71 | 21 | / |
| Kopitan | 71 | 13 | / |
| Kapitanová | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kapeton | 71 | 5 | / |
| Capitàn | 71 | 3 | / |
| Capitain | 67 | 549 | / |
| Capitant | 67 | 135 | / |
| Capitein | 67 | 75 | / |
| Capiteyn | 67 | 37 | / |
| Capitone | 67 | 36 | / |
| Capitane | 67 | 33 | / |
| Capistan | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kapetanh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Capaitan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Capitong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Capiston | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koppitan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kapitonnova | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kapitán
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