Cáp

surname · Latin script

Meaning: a cable

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kap˦˥/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cáp is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina
  • FRFrance
  • BRBrazil

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
14 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Cap in FR France, AR Argentina, BR Brazil and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a cable

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cáp counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Cáp is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France—74Cap1
AR Argentina—55Cap1
BR Brazil—70Cap1
MX Mexico——Cap1
IN India——Cap3
CZ Czechia—1.8K——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cáp is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Türkiye

    Languages: Czech, Slovak, Polish

    Also written Čáp, Çap, Cap, Čâp, Čap

  • English surname22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, Mauritius, Germany

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Cap, Çap, Cặp, Čáp, Çäp

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written C̆áp, Cá̂p, Čap, Čáp, Cap

9 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Cáp is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In tyz, spathe

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In bnt-pro, swim

    as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

  • In bnt-pro, nager

    as a wordBantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Cáp
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—21#52,335

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cáp mean, and where does it come from?
a cable Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Cáp?
A machine transcription gives /kap˦˥/ (IPA) for Vietnamese.
In which country does Cáp have the most bearers?
Cáp is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled cap.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cáp”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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