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The Caputo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,257 people carried this name — #3,483 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 10,141 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Caputo surname

A surname from Italian.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Caputo» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 3,438 people named Caputo 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,201
City of Buenos Aires 801
San Juan 98
Córdoba 81
Santa Fe 70
Formosa 41
Mendoza 36
Entre Ríos 31

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

570 people named Caputo live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 130
Ticino 94
Aargau 68
Vaud 55
St. Gallen 40
Fribourg 40
Bern 31
Geneva 26

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 358 people named Caputo.

Most of them — 193 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 193
Bouches-du-Rhône 70
Isère 21
Alpes-Maritimes 10
Rhône 7
Var 6
Corsica 5
Nièvre 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 50 people named Caputo 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

Hainaut 42
Liège 8

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Caputo in American newspapers,
1891–1952.

Newspaper page from The Cheyenne Daily Leader carrying the name Caputo
The Cheyenne Daily Leader 1891-05-17
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Caputo
The Sun 1914-06-16
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Caputo
Le Messager 1936-12-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,914 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Caputo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carlo Caputo
    Carlo Caputo 1843–1908 · diplomat
  • Giacomo Caputo
    Giacomo Caputo 1892–1936 · military personnel
  • Michele Caputo
    Michele Caputo 1927– · physicist
  • Angelo Caputo
    Angelo Caputo 1927–2001 · painter
  • Livio Caputo
    Livio Caputo 1933–2021 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 146 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Caputo.

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