Capella surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Capella surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 955 people carried this name — #25,793 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 887 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 744 people named Capella 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 279
Buenos Aires Province 180
City of Buenos Aires 96
Córdoba 95
Santiago del Estero 40
Misiones 15
Mendoza 14
Río Negro 14

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 189 people named Capella.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Ariège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 36
Ariège 39
Alpes-Maritimes 18
Paris 15
Aude 13
Hérault 13
Essonne 9
Tarn 6
Pyrénées-Orientales 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

49 people named Capella live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Ticino 34
Geneva 4
Lucerne 4
Vaud 4
Bern 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Capella,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francesco Capella
    Francesco Capella 1711–1784 · painter
  • Francisco de Paula Capella
    Francisco de Paula Capella 1823–1901 · writer
  • Dave Capella d. 2021 · presenter
  • Galeazzo Flavio Capella 1487–1537 · writer
  • Andrés Capella 1529–1610 · bishop
  • Petr Capella 1550–1599 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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