Capo Family History
Capo Name Meaning
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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Capo
Name Distribution of Capo Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Capo families
 18 - 33  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Capo families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Capo last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Capo census records
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Capo Family Origin
Capo Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Capo
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Capo Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Capo census records
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Capo Civil War Service Records
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