Capen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 7
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Capen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Capen family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Stay Maker 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Dress Maker 1
Engineer 1
J Tailor 1
Porter 1
Servant 1
Jobber 1
Shoe Maker 1
Apprentice Grocer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Capen

Name Census Frequency
William Capen 19
Elizabeth Capen 10
Mary Capen 9
George Capen 8
Sarah Capen 8
Eliza Capen 7
John Capen 7
Arthur Capen 6
Florence Capen 5
Thomas Capen 5
Ann Capen 4
Annie Capen 4
Frederick Capen 4
Henry Capen 4
Jane Capen 4
Richard Capen 4
Albert Capen 3
Charles Capen 3
Edith Capen 3
Edward Capen 3
James Capen 3
Alfred Capen 2
Alice Capen 2
Bessie Capen 2
Edwin Capen 2

Capen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Capon 80% 8,624
2 Copen 80% 212
3 Capen 100% 185

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The surname Capen is the 3rd most popular variant of Capon.

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