The surname Capito
An Italian surname, carried by 566 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈkæpɪtoʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex C130
Origin
Italian origin
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Capito or Capitò, a reduced form of the personal name Agapito. * Borrowed from German Capito, a Latinized form of the surnames Haupt or Kopf.
One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 566 people named Capito in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. That is down 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 613.
Who is named Capito
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Capito identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Capito has the Soundex code C130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C130.
Other Italian surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Capito come from?
- Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Capito or Capitò, a reduced form of the personal name Agapito. * Borrowed from German Capito, a Latinized form of the surnames Haupt or Kopf.
- How common is the surname Capito?
- 566 people in the United States had the surname Capito in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 545,487 Americans. It ranked 38,948th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Capito?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Capito identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- How do you pronounce Capito?
- Capito is /ˈkæpɪtoʊ/, 3 syllables.
- Is the surname Capito getting more or less common?
- Less common. 613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 566 in 2010, down 7.7%.