The capo Surname
capo Name Meaning and History
- Spanish and Italian: topographic name from capo ‘head’ (Latin caput), in the sense ‘cape’, ‘headland’, or habitational name from a place named with this word in this sense.
- Catalan (Capó): habitational name from any of the minor places named with Capó in Catalonia. This name is also found in the Island of Minorca.
- Italian: from capo ‘head’ or ‘chief’, applied either as a nickname for someone with something distinctive about his head (in a literal or abstract sense) or as a status name for a boss or overseer.
- Slovak (Capo): unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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