Last name Kapitan (Capitan 
, Kapitan 
, Capitán 
) , throughout the world, is a common surname. The family name Kapitan is habitual in Croatia, where it is quite a rare surname, Philippines, and Belarus. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Philippines, Indonesia, and Spain. Much less frequently, Kapitan is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Capitan | Spain, Philippines, Mexico, United States, Romania |
| Kapitan | Spain, Philippines, Poland, United States, Indonesia |
| Capitán | Egypt, United States, United Kingdom, France |
| Капитан | Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| george kapitan Comic-book writer, US (b. 1919) |
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| bolesław kapitan Polish historian, PL (b. 1932) |
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| jan kapitan Czech nuclear physicist |
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| kapitan laut buisan Sultanate of Maguindanao politician |
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| katarzyna a. kapitan |
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