The Capuano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,731 people carried this name — #11,516 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 107,500 people counted. That is down 3% from 2,816 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 740 people named Capuano 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 295 people named Capuano.
Most of them — 153 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often 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
115 people named Capuano live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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
Capuano in American newspapers,
1898–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,020 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Capuano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Peter of Capua the Elder 1150–1214 · writer -
Francesco Capuano 1854–1908 · artist -
Maurizio Capuano 1865–1925 · entrepreneur -
Ángel Capuano 1910–1958 · goalkeeper -
Mario Capuano 1945– · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 72 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Capuano.
- Capra 2,352 · 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
- Caputo 10,257 · U.S. census
- Caquelin 149 · U.S. census
- Car 767 · U.S. census
- Cara 693 · U.S. census
- Carabin 138 · U.S. census
- Caracciolo 1,355 · U.S. census
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