Cap Family History

Cap Surname Meaning

Polish, Slovak, Rusyn (from Slovakia and Poland), and Jewish (from Ukraine); Hungarian (Cáp): from Polish and Slovak cap, Rusyn and Ukrainian tsap ‘he-goat’ and so probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd. Compare Czap.

Czech (Čáp): nickname for a tall or long-legged man from čáp ‘stork’. Compare Chap and Czap. Americanized form of Ukrainian and Rusyn Tsap a cognate of 1 above.

Breton (also Le Cap) and French: from Breton kab and Occitan cap (from Latin caput) ‘head’ or in the metaphorical sense ‘chief’, also ‘promontory’. This may have been a topographic name for someone living on a promontory or headland or a nickname for a stubborn person or for a person with something distinctive about his head, or perhaps a status name for a village elder.

This surname is found mainly in Finistère in Brittany. Compare Capp. English (North Yorkshire): variant of Capp. Americanized form of Dutch or German Kap, a cognate/variant of German Kapp.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Capo, Carp, Cape, Capp, Car, Cal, Yap, Camp, Cale, Lau

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You can see how Cap families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Cap family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Cap families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 11 Cap families living in Yorkshire. This was about 32% of all the recorded Cap's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Cap families in 1891.

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What did your Cap ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid domestic duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Cap.

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Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Cap life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 1969. The average life expectancy for Cap in 1944 was 39, and 79 in 2004.

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Cap Surname Meaning

Czech (Čáp): nickname for a tall or long-legged man from čáp ‘stork’. Compare Chap and Czap. Americanized form of Ukrainian and Rusyn Tsap a cognate of 1 above.

This surname is found mainly in Finistère in Brittany. Compare Capp. English (North Yorkshire): variant of Capp. Americanized form of Dutch or German Kap, a cognate/variant of German Kapp.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Cap family from?

What did your Cap ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid domestic duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Cap.

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Unpaid domestic duties

100%

What Cap family records will you find?

What is the average Cap lifespan?

Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Cap life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 1969. The average life expectancy for Cap in 1944 was 39, and 79 in 2004.

Cap Family History

Cap Surname Meaning

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