Frequency: (111)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Spanish (Capón): from Spanish capón ‘capon’, applied as a derogatory nickname for a feeble man or a cuckold.
2. French: nickname (see 1 above) from capon ‘capon’, a southern, Norman, and Picard equivalent of standard French chapon.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
