Kapteijns Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Kapteijns Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 457 | 1:36,952 | 6,226 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Kapteijns Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kapteijns Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kapteijns is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kapteijns click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kapteijns? popularity and diffusion
It is the 653,013th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kapteijns live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 457 people, or 1 in 36,952. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 84 percent live, North Holland, where 4 percent live and Gelderland, where 4 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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
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