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
The surname Kapitán is carried by more people in Czechia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Kapitan or Kapitań. Click here for further possible spellings of Kapitán.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapitán? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 942,947th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kapitán reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
Kapitán is most numerous in Czechia, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 50,396. In Czechia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Bohemian Region, where 24 percent reside, Prague, where 19 percent reside and Plzeň Region, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Czechia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 21 percent reside and Hungary, where 3 percent reside.
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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