Capp Family History
- Capp Name Meaning
- English: from Middle English cappe ‘cap’, ‘hat’ (Old English cæppe), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of caps and hats, or a nickname for someone who wore distinctive headgear. Compare Capper. Americanized spelling of German Kapp.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 121,848 Historical Documents with Capp on Ancestry
- 32,429 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 30,280 Census and Voter Lists
- 9,144 Military Records
- 2,130 Immigration Records
- 47,865 Member Trees
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Number of Capp families
 46 - 89  16 - 45 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Capp families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Capp census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Capp census records
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