Čaplja Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Čaplja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Čaplja 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina1011:35,0145,181
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Ćaplja (25) & Caplja (8) are calculated separately.

Čaplja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Čaplja occurs most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may also occur as a variant: Ćaplja or Caplja. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Čaplja? popularity and diffusion

The surname Čaplja is the 1,775,494th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Čaplja live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 35,014. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Čaplja is mostly concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent live. Barring Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 3 percent live and Slovenia, where 2 percent live.

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
Ćaplja9425/
Caplja948/
Čapelja92388/
Čapljo831/
Čapljić777/
Chaplsa621/
Chaplyha57122/
Ţoplea501/
Capleo500/
Caplie500/

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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 Čaplja
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