Family name Kapteyn (كابتين 
, Kapteyn 
, Каптейн 
) , all around the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Kapteyn is characteristic of Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, Sudan, where it is a rare surname, and Canada. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Sudan, Netherlands, and the United States. Also, Kapteyn is the forename as well as the last name.
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willem kapteyn university teacher from the Netherlands, NL (b. 1849) |
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jacobus cornelius kapteyn Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922), NL (b. 1851) |
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johannes marie neele kapteyn Dutch university professor, NL (b. 1870) |
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| paul kapteyn Dutch politician (1895-1984), NL (b. 1895) |
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| johannes kapteyn DE (b. 1908) |
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| paul joan george kapteyn Dutch lawyer, NL (b. 1928) |
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| arie kapteyn economist (University of Southern California) (b. 1946) |
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| henry kapteyn American physicist, US (b. 1963) |
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| jessica kapteyn educator |
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| nicolaas pieter kapteyn Matheseos et Philosophiae naturalis Doctor Universiteit Utrecht 1872 |
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