The Capo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,952 people carried this name — #15,117 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,868 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 617 people named Capo 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 276 people named Capo.
135 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Essonne.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Capo live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
Who carried it
People named Capo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nazareno Capo 1877–1950 · poet
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Enrico Capo 1929– · sociologist
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Armando Capo 1932– · actor
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Pierre-Charles Capo 1944– · politician
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Bernard Capo 1950– · screenwriter
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Lidia Capo 1950– · historian
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Capo.
- Capitani 221 · U.S. census
- Capitanio 133 · U.S. census
- Capizzi 1,101 · U.S. census
- Caplan 4,011 · U.S. census
- Caplette 391 · U.S. census
- Caplin 433 · U.S. census
- Capobianco 3,180 · U.S. census
- Capocci 253 · U.S. census
- Capodanno 293 · U.S. census
- Capogna 216 · U.S. census
- Capon 266 · U.S. census
- Capone 5,135 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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