Last Name CAPRON

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Meaning Nickname: Probably a sobriquet for the cowled monks.
Nickname: A hood or bonnet, from French 'chaperon,' an augmentative form of 'chape,' a hood. A common surname ini the 13th and 14th centuries. It was probably the popular nickname of the cowled monks.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank 16,092 (2000 US census) 22,398 (1990 US census)
Count 1,654 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.66%, or 1516 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.53%, or 75 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.73%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.36%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.51%, or 25 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.21%, or 20 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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