Capern Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Capern Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. Probably a sobriquet for the cowled monks. Middle English cape, or cope (a hood); Old French cape, augmented into caperon, now chaperon. The modern sense of chaperon has no place in nomenclature. My first instance is interesting as describing a maker or manufacturer of caperons.
Read More About This SurnameCapern Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 104 | 1:234,379 | 17,485 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Capern Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. Probably a sobriquet for the cowled monks. Middle English cape, or cope (a hood); Old French cape, augmented into caperon, now chaperon. The modern sense of chaperon has no place in nomenclature. My first instance is interesting as describing a maker or manufacturer of caperons.
William Caperoner, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Edmund Caperun, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John Caperun, Camb., ibid.
Stephen Caperun, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Alice Caperun, Bedfordshire, ibid.
Thomas Chaperoun. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.
Almeric Chaperon. Issues of the Exchequer.
John Chaperon, Norfolk, 1400: History of Norfolk.
1550. Hugh Beete and Anne Capron: Marriage Lic. (London).
1788. Married — Robert Capron and Mary Thomas Nixon: St. George, Hanover Square.
This surname is derived from a nickname.' a hood or bonnet'; French chafieron, an augmentative form of chape, a hood. A common surname in the 13th and 14th centuries. It was probably the popular nickname of the cowled monks; compare Barefoot. The chaperon of modern society, though the same word, has no place here.
'Her shapperoones, her perriwigs and tires Are reliques which his flattry much admires.': Taylor's Workes, 1630.
Walter Chapenin, 1199: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.
Edmund Caperun, Norfolk , 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Sibill Caperun, Bedfordshire, ibid.
William Capron, 1515: Keg. Univ. Oxf.
Almeric Chaperon. Issues of the Exchequer.
Thomas Caperoun. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.
1550. Hugh Beete and Anne Capron: Marriage Lic. (London).
1788. Married — Robert Capron and Mary Thomas Nixon: St. George, Hanover Square.
For Capron. Gormond, Richard, Ranulph, Radulph Capron, of Normandy, 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Roger C. of England, 1189 (Rot. Pip.), Robert C., 1194 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
Capern Demographics
Average Capern Salary in
United States
$61,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Capern Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Capern Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Capern is found most in Canada. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Capern? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,674,734th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Capern reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 856,874. In Canada Capern is most common in: Ontario, where 95 percent are found, Alberta, where 2 percent are found and British Columbia, where 2 percent are found. Besides Canada Capern exists in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 20 percent are found.
Capern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Capern has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Capern last name fell 76 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 23 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Capern Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Capern earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.81% more than the national average, earning $68,963 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caperne | 92 | 1 | / |
| Caspern | 92 | 1 | / |
| Caperin | 92 | 0 | / |
| Caperina | 86 | 39 | / |
| Chaperin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Caporn | 83 | 575 | / |
| Caparn | 83 | 36 | / |
| Kapern | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sapern | 83 | 0 | / |
| Copern | 83 | 0 | / |
| Caporin | 77 | 151 | / |
| Caparin | 77 | 74 | / |
| Kaspern | 77 | 21 | / |
| Sappern | 77 | 20 | / |
| Saperin | 77 | 12 | / |
| Kaperin | 77 | 10 | / |
| Zaperin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Cophern | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chapirn | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kaperen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saperen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Capyrin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Coopern | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jaipern | 77 | 1 | / |
| Japerin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Coppern | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kaperina | 71 | 18 | / |
| Jaiphern | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kasperin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Couperin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Jaipearn | 71 | 2 | / |
| Capirina | 71 | 2 | / |
| Casperim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Coperina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caparrin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zapetrin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Coopernt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sauphern | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zaperina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chapyrin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cauphorn | 71 | 0 | / |
| Copering | 71 | 0 | / |
| Jasperin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Cooperin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Jaspering | 67 | 175 | / |
| Kasperink | 67 | 45 | / |
| Kaspereen | 67 | 42 | / |
| Kashperin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Chapyrina | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kaporn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kapernova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Couperina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaspering | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kopern | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sopern | 67 | 0 | / |
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