Canepa Family History
Canepa Name Meaning
Italian (mainly Liguria): from cànepa ‘hemp’ from Latin cannabis a plant cultivated for its strong fibrous stems which were used to make rope and canvas hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of hemp or of articles made from it; alternatively a topographic name for someone who lived in an area where the plant was grown or a habitational name from Canepa in Genoa province.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022