The Capra surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,352 people carried this name — #13,053 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is up 16% from 2,022 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,438 people named Capra 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 353 people named Capra.
93 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
114 people named Capra live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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.
In print
Capra in American newspapers,
1911–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,748 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Capra,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alfonso Capra 1562–1638 · military personnel -
Alessandro Capra 1608–1684 · writer -
Bartolomeo della Capra 1365–1433 · archbishop
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Benedetto Capra 1400–1470 · canon law jurist
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Luigi Capra 1438–1499 · Catholic priest
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Luigi Capra 1438–1492 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Capra.
- 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
- Cappy 185 · U.S. census
- Capraro 593 · U.S. census
- Capretti 109 · U.S. census
- Caprice 176 · U.S. census
- Caprioli 174 · U.S. census
- Capron 1,636 · U.S. census
- Capuano 2,731 · U.S. census
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