Find out how popular the last name Capehart is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Capehart.

Capehart, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Capehart surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Capehart in America

Capehart is the 14564th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Capehart surname appeared 2,046 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Capehart.

We can also compare 2010 data for Capehart to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Capehart

The surname Capehart is of English origin, derived from a geographic location or place name. It is believed to have originated in the counties of Gloucestershire or Somerset in the southwest of England during the medieval period.

One of the earliest recorded spellings of the name is Cappehart, found in the Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire in 1230. This suggests the name may have been derived from a place name containing the Old English words "caeppe" meaning a cape or headland, and "hart" meaning a woodland or deer park.

Another possible origin is that the name Capehart is a combination of the Old English words "cap" meaning a cap or headpiece, and "heort" meaning a hart or stag, perhaps referring to an occupation or heraldic symbol.

The Capehart surname appears in several historical records, including the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire in 1327, where a William Cappehart is listed as a taxpayer. In the Lay Subsidy Rolls of Somerset from 1327, a John Capehart is recorded.

Notable individuals with the surname Capehart throughout history include:

1. Sir William Capehart (c. 1547-1621), an English merchant and Member of Parliament for Gloucester in 1586.
2. Thomas Capehart (1781-1859), an American military officer who served in the War of 1812 and later became a judge in Indiana.
3. Homer Earl Capehart (1897-1979), an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1945 to 1963.
4. John Capehart (born 1958), an American journalist and writer, currently an editorial writer and associate editor for The Washington Post.
5. Emily Capehart (born 1988), an American singer-songwriter and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Capehart surname has also been associated with various place names, such as Capehart Hollow in West Virginia and Capehart Mill in North Carolina, both of which may have been named after early settlers or landowners with the Capehart surname in those areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Capehart

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Capehart.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Capehart was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Capehart has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Capehart was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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