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Early Origins of the Capet family

The surname Capet was first found in Aragon an ancient Kingdom of Spain.

Early History of the Capet family

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Capet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cepeda, Cepede, Ceppeda, Ceppede, Cepedas, Cepedes Cepedaz, Cepedda, Cepedde, Cepedons and many more.

Early Notables of the Capet family

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Capet Ranking

In France, the name Capet is the 5,752nd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. [1]


United States Capet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Capet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Francisco Capet, aged 40, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1829 [2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Capet (post 1700) +

  • Lucien Louis Capet (1873-1928), French violinist, pedagogue and composer
  • Simon Capet, English contemporary conductor and filmmaker
  • Lewis Capet Shepard (1841-1919), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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