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In all the world, Kapitein (Kapten , Capitaine , Kapitein ) is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name Kapitein is habitual in Egypt, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very seldom female name, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Tunisia, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Egypt, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also, Kapitein is the last name as well as the forename.
Kapitein is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kapitein Oliepul , character in The Adventures of Nero; Kapitein Haddock , the musical character in the musical Kuifje – De Zonnetempel by Dirk Brossé; Kapitein Rob ; capitaine Mauger , character in The Diary of a Chambermaid and Kapten , the fictional character of the Bert Diaries, Berts dagbok, and in many other works.