The Capasso surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,053 people carried this name — #14,523 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is down 6% from 2,183 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Capasso surname
A surname from Spanish.
Perhaps an Italianized form of Spanish capaz (“able, capable”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Capasso» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 343 people named Capasso live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
76 people named Capasso live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Capasso.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 46 people named Capasso live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Capasso,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bartolommeo Capasso 1815–1900 · historian -
Niccolò Capasso 1671–1745 · writer
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Niccolò Capasso 1671–1744 · writer
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Giovanni Battista Capasso 1683–1735 · teacher
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Giovanni Battista Capasso 1683–1735 · teacher
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Gaetano Capasso 1854–1923 · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Capasso.
- Canuel 290 · U.S. census
- Canuto 520 · U.S. census
- Cao 18,138 · U.S. census
- Cap 865 · U.S. census
- Capaldi 939 · U.S. census
- Caparros 198 · U.S. census
- Capdevila 189 · U.S. census
- Capdeville 202 · U.S. census
- Cape 2,609 · U.S. census
- Capel 1,657 · U.S. census
- Capela 270 · U.S. census
- Capella 955 · U.S. census
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