The Cappelli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 965 people carried this name — #25,572 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is down 8% from 1,051 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 502 people named Cappelli 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 193 people named Cappelli.
62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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
139 people named Cappelli live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 Cappelli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dionisio Cappelli 1401–1600 · painter
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Giovanni Battista Cappelli 1525–1601 · typographer
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Baccio Cappelli 1652–1750 · mosaicist
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Agostino Cappelli 1751–1831 · architect
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Emidio Cappelli 1806–1868 · poet
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Antonio Cappelli 1818–1887 · poet
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cappelli.
- Caporali 214 · U.S. census
- Capovilla 118 · U.S. census
- Capp 1,588 · U.S. census
- Cappa 775 · U.S. census
- Cappel 939 · U.S. census
- Cappelletti 834 · U.S. census
- Cappello 2,971 · U.S. census
- Cappon 295 · U.S. census
- Capponi 290 · U.S. census
- Cappy 185 · U.S. census
- Capra 2,352 · U.S. census
- Capraro 593 · U.S. census
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