Family name Captan (Captain 
, Captan 
, Capitaine 
) , all over the world, is a common surname. The family name Captan is habitual in France, where it is quite a rare surname, Botswana, and Ghana. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in France, Egypt, and Ghana. Likewise, Captan is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Captain | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, United Kingdom |
| Captan | Egypt, India, France, Ghana, Pakistan |
| Capitaine | Egypt, Ivory Coast, France, United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Caput | Philippines, India, France, Indonesia, United States |
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