Recapet Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Recapet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Recapet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France301:2,214,091176,965
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

The alternate forms: Récapet (2) are calculated separately.

Recapet Last Name Facts

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

Recapet occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Récapet. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Recapet? popularity and diffusion

The last name Recapet is the 3,432,070th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Recapet reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 2,214,091. In France Recapet is most numerous in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 90 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 7 percent reside and Occitanie, where 3 percent reside. Aside from France this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Récapet952/
Recape922/
Recappe8665/
Ricapet8646/
Recapee860/
Redchaphet821/
Rekape7715/
Recapa778/
Recope776/
Recoupe71130/
Riecapa713/
Recoppe713/
Recaspi712/
Rezapit711/
Rescope711/
Recappé711/
Recapio711/
Recouper6717/
Recouppe672/
Rakkapet671/
Reccopee670/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Recapet
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