How common is the surname Capone?

5,135 people in the United States had the surname Capone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,126 Americans. It ranked 6,595th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Capone?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Capone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Capone?

Al Capone, American gangster (1899–1947), followed by Louis Capone.

Where is the surname Capone most common?

Wikidata records people named Capone in the United States.

Is the surname Capone getting more or less common?

More common. 5,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,135 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Capone

An Italian surname, carried by 5,135 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Capone is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

From Italian Capone.

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 5,135 people named Capone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,126 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,114.

#6,595

rank among US surnames

5,135

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,167)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,586	Rigdon	5,145	60,009
#6,587	Matz	5,143	60,032
#6,588	Beane	5,142	60,044
#6,589	Kranz	5,141	60,056
#6,590	Yanes	5,140	60,067
#6,591	Knighton	5,139	60,079
#6,593	Benfield	5,138	60,091

Who is named Capone

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

94% of people named Capone identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Capones

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Al Capone
American gangster (1899–1947)
Louis Capone
American mobster, 1896–1944
Ralph Capone
American mobster, 1894–1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Capone

Capone has the Soundex code C150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C150.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Capone come from?: From Italian Capone.
How common is the surname Capone?: 5,135 people in the United States had the surname Capone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,126 Americans. It ranked 6,595th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Capone?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Capone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Capone?: Al Capone, American gangster (1899–1947), followed by Louis Capone.
Where is the surname Capone most common?: Wikidata records people named Capone in the United States.
Is the surname Capone getting more or less common?: More common. 5,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,135 in 2010, up 0.4%.