Släkthistoria för Kaup
Kaup Vad efternamn betyder
German:: (Westphalia): nickname from Early New High German kaupe ‘feather crest (of a bird)’ later ‘top’. habitational name from Kaub near Trier or from any of several places called Kaupe in Saxony and Silesia or perhaps a topographic name from East German kaupe (from Sorbian kupa) ‘mound of earth mole hill’. in some cases possibly also a northern variant of Kauf (see Kauff).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
