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The surname Caporale

An Italian surname, carried by 1,312 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex C164

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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). Caporale is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Caporale.

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 1,312 people named Caporale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,292.

#20,274
rank among US surnames
1,312
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+1.5%
change since 2000 (was #19,388)

Who is named Caporale

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

92% of people named Caporale identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.9%
  • Two or more races 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Caporale

Caporale has the Soundex code C164, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C164.

Other Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Caporale come from?
Borrowed from Italian Caporale.
How common is the surname Caporale?
1,312 people in the United States had the surname Caporale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. It ranked 20,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caporale?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Caporale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Caporale getting more or less common?
More common. 1,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,312 in 2010, up 1.5%.