The Cappello surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,971 people carried this name — #10,743 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 99,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 2,852 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,078 people named Cappello 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 233 people named Cappello.
Most of them — 139 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
147 people named Cappello live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Cappello 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
Cappello in American newspapers,
1906–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,105 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cappello,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vincenzo Cappello 1469–1541 · military personnel -
Antonio Cappello 1494–1565 · politician -
Gerolamo Cappello d. 1643 · Catholic priest
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Giacomo Cappello d. 1736
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Niccolo Cappello 1395–
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Vettore Cappello 1400–1467 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cappello.
- 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
- Cappelli 965 · 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
- Capretti 109 · U.S. census
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