Cap is used as a family name or surname in Haiti. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cap
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Haiti
Meaning: The name is focused in Finistère. Varientes: Capp, Cape Town. Perhaps the holder of a cape (Breton "kab"), perhaps also a place name related to the word "kap" (= cap), for example the Cap Sizun. The meaning of "head" is probably also possible (nickname of a stubborn character).

How popular is Cap?

Cap is common in Haiti.

Cap is ranked 13187 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cap bearers increased by 1.051402 per cent in 2010 US census to 865 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1045 spots and ranked at 27783. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.08 87.03
Hispanic or Latino 11.33 7.24
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.47 2.92
Black 1.85 0.82
Cap is quite popular family name mostly used in Vietnam while Mali is ahead in terms of density. Around 40045 people have been found who wears Cap as their family name. Cap is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
38,459 New Zealand7
48,950 Moldova6
8,689 Pakistan4
5,909 Bangladesh3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
26,321 Israel3
4,085 Bolivia3
1,650 Niger3
20,186 Kenya2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
21,529 Singapore2
18,625 Japan2
14,621 Croatia2
54,641 Sweden2
9,272 Ecuador2
10,284 Kuwait2
4,086 Angola2
19,046 Ireland2
40,064 Nigeria2
9,185 Hong Kong2
5,817 Albania2
7,191 Afghanistan1
10,683 Cyprus1
10,190 Bahrain1
16,283 Lithuania1
13,606 Senegal1
24,460 Armenia1
1,542 Andorra1
801 Cape Verde1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
2,024 Mongolia1
8,859 Iraq1
3,307 Malta1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
12,745 Luxembourg1
16,073 Latvia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
14,373 Jordan1
29,595 Iran1
5,916 Mozambique1
47,891 Norway1
4,435 Togo1
5,589 Sudan1
7,895 South Korea1
3,993 El Salvador1
38,841 Scotland1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
9,591 Panama1
6,212 Jamaica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
27,884 Spain93
49,486 South Africa91
184,293 India81
13,957 Switzerland81
11,021 Chile81
32,530 Netherlands71
34,647 Australia63
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Cap:
5,856 Mexico995
12,750 Italy840
7,880 Egypt715
7,988 Argentina672
17,127 Germany605
10,656 Poland573
7,351 Cameroon396
4,444 Belgium393
2,210 Slovakia373
15,335 Algeria357
2,040 Portugal323
34,535 Philippines322
8,119 Romania271
17,962 Morocco268
5,183 Tunisia264
5,126 Austria236
9,201 Malaysia202
7,648 Venezuela201
20,300 Canada176
7,115 Colombia175
28,709 England161
60,530 Indonesia146
11,173 Peru142
3,705 Uruguay134
5,443 Serbia128
Countries with thousands of Cap:
394 Vietnam9,539
204 Mali6,427
3,333 Brazil4,293
4,149 Turkey2,306
674 Czech Republic1,898
4,694 France1,751
1,106 Guatemala1,538
23,205 United States1,345
1,423 Haiti1,112
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Giuseppe Cap was 34 years old when he migrated to Brooklyn on December 21, 1893. He lived in Italy where he worked as laborer and took Werra from Genoa, Gibraltar & Naples.

Comments

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 Cap is a lunch last name, represents the southern form Dechef, head.

Cap Namesakes

  • Margarita Abella Caprile, Writer
  • Ade Capone, Writer
  • Hugh Capet, King
  • Laidulf of Capua, Pandulf Ironhead's son
  • Landulf VII of Capua, Prince of Capua
  • Adin B. Capron, American Politician
  • Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Senior officer
  • Darío Zacarías Capuchino, Politician
  • Alaina Capri, Actress
  • João Capiberibe, Politician

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