Kapitány Surname

227,923rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,779 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Kapitány Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapitány Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1,7681:5,552649
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kapitany (273) are calculated separately.

Kapitány Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kapitány occurs most in Hungary. It can also occur as a variant: Kapitany. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapitány? popularity and diffusion

It is the 227,923rd most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,096,428 people. The surname Kapitány occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kapitány reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is held by 1,768 people, or 1 in 5,552. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Budapest, where 21 percent are found, Bács-Kiskun County, where 18 percent are found and Pest County, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Hungary it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapitany96273/
Kapitányi941/
Kapitanyi821/
Kapitanj75141/
Kapitana7583/
Kapitani7567/
Kapitoni7538/
Kapitane7519/
Kapytany751/
Kapitaine71102/
Kapitajna7123/
Kapitanis719/
Kapitanoa711/
Capistany711/
Kapitanets67112/
Kapitonets6750/
Kapitanich6710/
Kapitań671/

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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 Kapitány
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