The Cappa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 775 people carried this name — #30,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 4% from 805 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 843 people named Cappa 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 95 people named Cappa.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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
51 people named Cappa live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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
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 Cappa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Goffredo Cappa 1644–1717 · luthier
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Antonio José Cappa Maqueda 1824–1886 · conductor
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Guglielmo Cappa 1844–1905 · engineer
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Innocenzo Cappa 1875–1954 · politician
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Innocenzo Cappa 1875–1954 · politician
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Ernesto Cappa 1888–1957 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cappa.
- Capone 5,135 · U.S. census
- Caponi 471 · U.S. census
- Caporale 1,312 · U.S. census
- Caporali 214 · U.S. census
- Capovilla 118 · U.S. census
- Capp 1,588 · U.S. census
- Cappel 939 · U.S. census
- Cappelletti 834 · U.S. census
- Cappelli 965 · U.S. census
- Cappello 2,971 · U.S. census
- Cappon 295 · U.S. census
- Capponi 290 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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