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kaps Name Meaning and History

  1. German: reduced form of Kappus.
  2. Slovenian (Kapš): probably a shortened and metathesized form of the personal name Kašper, an old vernacular form of Gašper (see Caspar).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of kaps Families in the US in 1920
Number of kaps families
 7-11
 3-6		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Joseph Frank Kaps smooney 3
kaps/reiter families - ancestor Kaps/Seibold etc evkrohn 15
Kaps Lee-Anne 6
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Kaps Surname Mailing List now Available!!!!! Tracy L. Copper 1
Just starting family tree William C. Kaps 14
kaps family regina riffel 2
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Peter or John Kaps 1800s OH TGreyhavens 0
Kaps from Indiana Terry 0
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