Kapfer surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Kapfer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 407 people carried this name — #51,176 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (407).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 228 people named Kapfer.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Bas-Rhin 141
Moselle 24
Vosges 13
Haut-Rhin 10
Nièvre 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Haute-Marne 6
Paris 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

45 people named Kapfer live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Zurich 13
Geneva 8
St. Gallen 8
Bern 6
Basel-Stadt 6
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 4

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 21 people named Kapfer 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 21

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

Who carried it

People named Kapfer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hans Kapfer 1903–1992 · judge
  • Herbert Kapfer 1935– · church musician
  • René Kapfer 1958–2024 · politician
  • Martin Kapfer 1968–
  • Barbara Kapfer 1969–
  • Monika Kapfer 1970– · artist

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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