The Napoli surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,127 people carried this name — #6,608 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,958 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,339 people named Napoli 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
413 people named Napoli live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 274 people named Napoli.
126 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 58 people named Napoli 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
Napoli in American newspapers,
1826–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 111,657 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Napoli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pietro Napoli Signorelli 1731–1815 · writer -
Jacopo Napoli 1911–1994 · composer -
Ugo Napoli 1922–1977 · politician -
Vito Napoli 1931–2004 · politician -
Jeanne Napoli 1938–2010 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 121 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Napoli.
- Nannini 454 · U.S. census
- Napierala 541 · U.S. census
- Napoleon 2,624 · U.S. census
- Napoleone 292 · U.S. census
- Napoleoni 158 · U.S. census
- Napoletano 323 · U.S. census
- Napolitano 7,153 · U.S. census
- Nappe 174 · U.S. census
- Nappi 2,292 · U.S. census
- Naquin 4,617 · U.S. census
- Naranjo 15,658 · U.S. census
- Narcisse 2,774 · U.S. census
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