The Capps surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,194 people carried this name — #1,983 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 18,013 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

98 families named Capps, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 537 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 38
North Carolina 37
Pennsylvania 10
South Carolina 9
Connecticut 2
Massachusetts 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 233 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Capps in American newspapers,
1914.

Newspaper page from The Ocala Evening Star carrying the name Capps
The Ocala Evening Star 1914-03-24
Newspaper page from The Ocala Evening Star carrying the name Capps
The Ocala Evening Star 1914-03-24
Newspaper page from The Ocala Banner carrying the name Capps
The Ocala Banner 1914-03-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 56,359 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Capps in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

4,258 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Capps. The most, 1,367, date from the 1860s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,264
Western Australia 658
Queensland 181
Victoria 64
South Australia 63
Tasmania 18
ACT (Canberra) 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Capps.

Who carried it

People named Capps,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edwin M. Capps
    Edwin M. Capps 1860–1938 · politician
  • Washington L. Capps
    Washington L. Capps 1864–1935 · military officer
  • Edward Capps
    Edward Capps 1866–1950 · diplomat
  • Walter Capps
    Walter Capps 1934–1997 · politician
  • Stephen R. Capps 1881–1949 · geologist
  • Edward Capps, Jr. 1902–1969 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Capps,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States910 records

910 records of the Capps name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 650
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 195
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 25
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 24
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles A. Capps

    Born 1923 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1943 at Tulsa; carpenter from Tulsa County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Hogan Cemetery, Locust Grove, Oklahoma.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Michael Capps

    Arrived at New York in 1867 aboard the Jenny from Bremen, aged 34; farmer. From Bavaria, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Walter Robert Capps

    Born 1948; from Fayetteville, North Carolina. U.S. Air Force; died in an accident 1971 in Laos.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 910 records for Capps in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia40 records

40 records of the Capps name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 16
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 10
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 9
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Robert Thomas Capps

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Bussorah Merchant, arriving 1828; ticket of leave 1832. Native of Yormouth.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Cecilia Capps

    Arrived in Queensland in 1883 aboard the Silhet, aged 26.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Mabel Annie Capps

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index; born 1889.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 40 records for Capps in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Capps name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Capps

    Norfolk Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Capps

    Royal Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Capps

    Leicestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Capps in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Capps name in Canada
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Go Capps

    Came to Ontario in 1870 aboard the European, landing at Quebec, bound for Goderich, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Joseph Wilkinson Capps

    Died 1946; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Capps name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mary Elisabeth Capps

    Born 1942 in Great Britain; died 1994 in Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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