English: habitational name from either of two places so called, in
Norfolk and North Yorkshire, named from Old English cnapa
‘servant’ or the Old English personal name Cnapa + Old English
tun ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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