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    The surname Capilla

    A Spanish surname, carried by 552 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C140

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Capilla is more common than 75.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Capilla; this surname is predominantly found in Spain and Mexico.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 552 people named Capilla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 559,322 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 392.

    #39,773
    rank among US surnames
    552
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.8%
    change since 2000 (was #50,178)

    Who is named Capilla

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Capilla identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Capilla

    Capilla has the Soundex code C140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C140.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Capilla come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Capilla; this surname is predominantly found in Spain and Mexico.
    How common is the surname Capilla?
    552 people in the United States had the surname Capilla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 559,322 Americans. It ranked 39,773rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Capilla?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Capilla identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Capilla getting more or less common?
    More common. 392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 552 in 2010, up 41%.