Kaptura Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kaptura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kaptura 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
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Kaptura Last Name Facts

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

Kaptura (Oriya: କୁରା, Russian: Каптура) is found most in Tanzania. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kaptura.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaptura? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kaptura is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Kaptura occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kaptura live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Kaptura is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Kaptura is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent are found, Kagera Region, where 25 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Poland, where 20 percent are found.

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
Kapture8662/
Captura8630/
Kapturo867/
Kaptira865/
Kaptora861/
Khavtura80169/
Kaivtura801/
Kapturuo801/
Kaptures801/
Capture7192/
Kaptoro7189/
Khovtura677/
Kabtouri672/
Cabtuera671/
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Kaptura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaptura in the Oriya language
କୁରାkura-
Kaptura in the Russian language
Каптураkaptura-

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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 Kaptura
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