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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German, Polish, and Hungarian (Kapitán(y)) : status name from a word meaning ‘captain’ (Late Latin capitaneus ‘chief’, ‘principal’ from caput ‘head’). This title was used in various senses, for example of the master of a ship and as an official rank in the army.

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