Kaptheijns Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kaptheijns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kaptheijns Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Kaptheijns Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kaptheijns has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaptheijns? popularity and diffusion

Kaptheijns is the 3,730,171st most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. Kaptheijns occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kaptheijns are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands Kaptheijns is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 96 percent reside and North Holland, where 4 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands it exists in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kapteijns95462/
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Kaptijns898/
Kapteins892/
Kaptheyns848/
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Kepthins780/
Koptegins746/
Kaptans711/
Captains671/
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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 Kaptheijns
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