Çapa Surname

119,917th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,829 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Çapa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Çapa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3,8181:20,3832,400
Albania71:416,29417,617
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Capa (17,615), Cápa (14) & Čápa (1) are calculated separately.

Çapa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Çapa (Hindi: चाप) is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Capa, Cápa or Čápa. Click here for further potential spellings of Çapa.

How Common Is The Last Name Çapa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Çapa is the 119,917th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,903,250 people. Çapa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Çapa reside; 86 percent reside in West Asia and 86 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 3,818 people, or 1 in 20,383. In Turkey Çapa is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent reside, Diyarbakir Province, where 10 percent reside and Ordu Province, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Turkey Çapa is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 0 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.

Çapa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Çapa has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Capa9217,615/
Çapat89838/
Çapas89634/
Çapaz89102/
Çapaj8931/
Çapaş891/
Cápa8314/
Čápa831/
Çapaat809/
Sapa7516,130/
Zapa752,677/
Xapa75496/
Çopa75382/
Çapo75129/
Šapa751/
Chapa6755,461/
Zappa6711,194/
Sappa679,032/
Cappa678,327/
Sapat675,452/
Capai675,243/
Sapad671,725/
Ceapa671,552/
Saspa671,536/
Ciapa671,388/
Sapai671,349/
Zaupa671,029/
Sabpa671,026/
Sapay67985/
Caipa67954/
Shapa67911/
Zaipa67908/
Sapaz67538/
Tsapa67533/
Sapha67513/
Saipa67500/
Sapas67434/
Sapau67376/
Sapah67368/
Capay67280/
Sapač67254/
Saypa67185/
Zapha67166/
Siapa67163/
Saupa67153/
Čapas67151/
Zhapa67141/
Dzapa67125/
Saapa67115/
Sapea67111/
Seapa6779/
Capha6770/
Sapaa6768/
Zapea6765/
Sapoa6763/
Sapaj6759/
Sahpa6755/
Czapa6744/
Txapa6735/
Capoa6730/
Caypa6728/
Çapoj6727/
Sapap6724/
Szapa6719/
Xapha6719/
Capaa6713/
Caupa6712/
Capea679/
Satpa678/
Caapa678/
Zabpa677/
Sadpa675/
Zapai675/
Šapas675/
Capaj674/
Xhapa674/
Zapaa672/
Capșa672/
Capau672/
Capaï672/
Zapay672/
Sapfa671/
Sapga671/
Caípa671/
Tcapa671/
Şapaş671/
Čapai671/
Zapah671/
Zeapa671/
Hsapa671/

Çapa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Çapa in the Hindi language
चापcapa-

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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 Çapa
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