How common is the surname Capo?

1,952 people in the United States had the surname Capo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,169 Americans. It ranked 15,117th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Capo?

In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Capo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Capo?

Kémi Séba, Beninese political activist, diplomat.

Where is the surname Capo most common?

Wikidata records people named Capo in France.

Is the surname Capo getting more or less common?

More common. 1,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,952 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Capo

A surname, carried by 1,952 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Capo is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,952 people named Capo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,169 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,868.

#15,117

rank among US surnames

1,952

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,612)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,117	Capo	1,952	158,169
#15,120	Fuhrmann	1,951	158,250
#15,124	Wipf	1,950	158,331

Who is named Capo

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

60% of people named Capo identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 38%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Capos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kémi Séba
Beninese political activist, diplomat, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Capo

Capo has the Soundex code C100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C100.

Questions

How common is the surname Capo?: 1,952 people in the United States had the surname Capo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,169 Americans. It ranked 15,117th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Capo?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Capo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Capo?: Kémi Séba, Beninese political activist, diplomat.
Where is the surname Capo most common?: Wikidata records people named Capo in France.
Is the surname Capo getting more or less common?: More common. 1,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,952 in 2010, up 4.5%.