The Capone surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,114 people carried this name — #6,167 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
211 people named Capone live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Capone.
Most of them — 68 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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 74 people named Capone 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.
In print
Capone in American newspapers,
1896–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,862 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Capone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giuseppe Capone di Altavilla 1793–1893 · politician -
Filippo Capone 1821–1895 · politician -
Raffaele Capone 1829–1908 · Catholic priest -
Gaetano Capone 1845–1924 · painter -
Alfredo Capone 1872– · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 76 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Capone.
- Capo 1,868 · U.S. census
- Capobianco 3,127 · U.S. census
- Capocci 233 · U.S. census
- Capodanno 260 · U.S. census
- Capogna 196 · U.S. census
- Capon 263 · U.S. census
- Caponi 497 · U.S. census
- Caporale 1,292 · U.S. census
- Caporali 185 · U.S. census
- Capovilla 106 · U.S. census
- Capp 1,678 · U.S. census
- Cappa 805 · U.S. census
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